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DiNapoli: Pandemic Hit to Sales Tax Revenue Threatening Fiscal Health of Local Governments
… 9.7 percent of all local government revenue, according to a comprehensive report on local sales tax released today … with many towns and villages, depend on these funds to pay for essential services and operations, revealing the … their borders in 2019, with significant variations in how much they share and how it is allocated between cities, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-pandemic-hit-sales-tax-revenue-threatening-fiscal-health-local-governmentsOpinion 89-9
… LOST PROPERTY -- Compensation of Employees (disposition of unclaimed paycheck of deceased employee) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (disposition of unclaimed paycheck of deceased employee) SURROGATE'S COURT PROCEDURE ACT, §1310: A municipality may pay the unclaimed wages of a deceased employee who died intestate to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-9Opinion 90-21
… date of presentation". Those claims must be available for public inspection at all times during office hours. Town Law, … the town clerk must file the claim in numerical order as a public record in his or her office. In addition, the town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-21Opinion 90-18
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §103: There is no exception to the competitive bidding requirements of this section based … questions or to waive immunity against prosecution, have been declared unconstitutional as violative of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-18Opinion 88-71
… the property owner relative to the accuracy of his water bill. This is in reply to your letter concerning the waiver … reflected on the city's records. The owner has refused to pay his water bill pending the resolution of the dispute. You … Washington North , 30 AD2d 672, 291 NYS2d 991 [1968]). In view of the foregoing, it is our opinion that the city, in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-71State Agencies Bulletin No. 1181
… should be returned with a completed Next of Kin Affidavit (Form AC 934-P and a Report of Check Exchange (Form AC 1476-P ). For recipients of a previously deceased …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1181-implementation-retroactive-general-salary-and-other-increasesOther Bulletin No. 55.1
… automatically. Affected Employees Employees in Bargaining Unit 97 who meet the eligibility criteria are affected. … If an employee has a check returned or exchanged on an AC-230 for dates on or after the effective date of the … all employment and income taxes. Federal, State, and New York City income tax withholding will be calculated using the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-551-april-2020-state-university-construction-fund-scf-civilDiNapoli: Homeless Families, Adults Living in Squalid Shelters Due to Oversight Failure
… to go unchecked, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit … far better than the unacceptable conditions we found in these shelters. We appreciate the state’s renewed effort … one shelter; Missing carbon monoxide detectors in sleeping areas. Recommendations The audit recommended that OTDA: Take …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-homeless-families-adults-living-squalid-shelters-due-oversight-failureUpstate Transportation Authorities Suffer Revenue Plunge
… 3 shows the percentage of revenue by source in the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2020 (FY 2020), before COVID-19 … Statement (BIS). 3 Collectively, these reports for the year ended March 31, 2021 provide valuable insight into the … the largest percentage decline in State revenue at 16.0 percent, as well as the largest dollar decrease at $7.4 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/upstate-transportation-authorities-suffer-revenue-plungeX.5.A Assigned Single Payment Vendor IDs – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… XV, Section 12 - Refund of Appropriation and Report of Money Received of this Guide. Vendor ID Vendor Name Agency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x5a-assigned-single-payment-vendor-idsX.4.A Identifying Information – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… the vendor has with New York State. ( Section 4.A - Vendor Classifications of this Chapter) Open for Ordering … whether the vendor is a local governmental entity in New York State. Customer ID – If this number is displayed, … (e.g., Blind Annuity Veterans, Gold Star Parent, Master Teacher, receivers of loan forgiveness monies, receivers of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x4a-identifying-informationOpinion 95-26
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-26Opinion 96 - 14
… from petty cash fund) -- Exceptions (consideration $100 or less) -- Purchases and Sales (community college … the college in which the trustee has an interest exceeds $100. You ask whether a member of the board of trustees of a … had an interest during the fiscal year, does not exceed $100 1 . Thus, in a given fiscal year, the trustee would not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-14Opinion 94-16
… approve the contract or approve payments thereunder; (b) audit bills or claims under the contract; or (c) appoint an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-16DiNapoli: Some NYC Schools Failing to Report Violent, Disruptive Incidents
… create School Violence Indexes (SVI) that can determine if a school needs to develop safety and emergency response plans. “Every child has a fundamental right to an education in a safe environment,” … at Risk Failure to report incidents that disrupt learning make it harder to identify when schools need to take special …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-some-nyc-schools-failing-report-violent-disruptive-incidentsOpinion 98-5
… the officer or employee, individually or as a member of a board, has the power or duty to: (a) negotiate, prepare, … interests in contracts, to be made to the governing board of the municipality for inclusion in the official record of the board's proceedings. Based on the foregoing, the submission …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-5Opinion 2009-1
… any person from being employed as a teacher by a school district if he or she is related by blood or marriage …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-1Opinion 2005-9
… board members) EDUCATION LAW §§1901, 1914, 2102-a: A board member of a central high school district who is also an elected member of a component school district of the central high … or reappointed to the central high school board for a new term beginning on or after July 1, 2005, he or she is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-9Division of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-74
… Renewal of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2015 DC37 Salary Increase and provide instructions for payments not processed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-74-april-2015-district-council-37-dc37-salary-increaseState Agencies Bulletin No. 1270
… To inform agencies of new earnings codes and procedures for processing the 2013-2014 Year-Round Lifeguard 2 Day … Office or the Department of Environmental Conservation in the State University Professional Services Negotiating … Codes, it may be necessary to submit an adjustment in order to calculate the correct deficit reduction amount. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1270-2013-2014-2-day-deficit-reduction-plan-psnu-employees-year-round