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III.1 Statewide Financial System (SFS) Overview – III. Statewide Financial System (SFS)
… Program (Program) through a partnership among the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), the Treasury Division of the Department of Tax and Finance (DTF/Treasury), the Division of Budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-iii/iii1-statewide-financial-system-sfs-overviewNew York Schools Reported More Than 32,000 Violent and Disruptive Incidents in the 2017-18 School Year
… New York State public and charter schools, with a combined student population of nearly 2.7 million, reported more than 32,000 violent and … programs New York has in place to keep our school children out of harm’s way. We found much work needs to be done. We …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/new-york-schools-reported-more-32000-violent-and-disruptive-incidents-2017-18-school-yearOpinion 98-2
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … the meeting. Town Law, §178-c provides that, when incurred by the authority of the board of fire commissioners, the … of the fire district fire department, incurred and paid by any such officer or employee in executing the duties of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-2Opinion 92-48
… establish a mandatory reserve fund if the proceeds of the sale of the improvement are used to pay or provide for the … districts and school districts in connection with the cash sale of capital improvements financed by obligations which are outstanding at the time of the sale. Prior to the enactment of chapter 413 of the Laws of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-48Opinion 91-5
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Debt Service (payment of on town obligations in coterminous town-village) CONSTITUTIONAL … that the power of a county which is coterminous with a city to contract indebtedness "shall cease, but the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-5Opinion 96-23
… Practice Law and Rules does not grant a broad exemption to towns, or other municipalities (except in certain … from the statutory court fees which clerks are required to charge or collect. This is in reply to an inquiry from your office requesting an opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-23Opinion 2000-15
… company may not volunteer to assist a fire district fire department within New York State on an on-going basis … state and is a member of an out-of-state volunteer fire department may volunteer his or her services on an on-going basis to a New York State fire district fire department. General Municipal Law §209-i (1-a) provides in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-15DiNapoli Audit Highlights Need for Better Compliance with School Violence Reporting Law
… The State Education Department (SED) has agreed to improve its enforcement of the … Against Violence in Education Act (SAVE Act) after a state audit found schools failed to report numerous cases of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-audit-highlights-need-better-compliance-school-violence-reporting-lawComptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have been issued. … district accumulated excessive unrestricted fund balance in the general fund. The audit recommended that the board … reducing district property taxes or paying off debt. In a follow up audit, the board used excess fund balance to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his … BOCES and charter school finances and operations to ensure money is being spent appropriately and effectively. The … for the 2012-13 through 2014-15 fiscal years by $14.9 million (7 percent), which resulted in operating …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-2DiNapoli Finds Opportunities for Improved NYPD Hate Crimes Reporting
State auditors examining New York City Police Department NYPD records were unable to confirm that all hate crimes in the city are properly recorded and reported by the department
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/09/dinapoli-finds-opportunities-improved-nypd-hate-crimes-reportingOpinion 94-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … district) LOCAL LAWS -- Improvement Districts (authority of county to chargeback salaries to district) SEWER DISTRICTS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-1Opinion 88-54
… in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Extensions (prior to effective date of a consolidation) WATER DISTRICTS -- Extension (prior to effective date of a consolidation) TOWN LAW, §§190, 206, 209: A town board may not establish an extension to a consolidated water district prior to the effective date …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-54Opinion 89-56
… payment constitutes a gift of town funds in violation of Article VIII, §1 of the State Constitution. Town Law, §27(1) … not, in our view, constitute gifts in contravention of Article VIII, §1. It is also our opinion that, in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-56DiNapoli: Pre-K Special Education Schools Took $1.4 Million in Unallowed Expenses
… not have required performance justification; $132,846 in salary to employees who worked for other programs operated by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-pre-k-special-education-schools-took-14-million-unallowed-expensesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… today the following audits have been issued. Department of Agriculture and Markets: Oversight of the Farm-to-School Program (2020-S-9) The department needs to improve monitoring of both program expenditures and recipient performance to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsSUNY Bulletin No. SU-351
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to provide instructions to agencies for processing the 2023 $400 UUP Base Salary … criteria on 04/30/2023 but whose employment expired prior to 07/01/2023 are eligible for the base salary increase if …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-351-2023-400-discretionary-base-salary-increase-professionalState Agencies Bulletin No. 2068.1
… Bulletin No. 2068 Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of the new Additional Pay Earnings Codes, … the bi-weekly Security Supervisors Hazardous Duty Pay, and to provide instructions for payments not processed … Checks: When a valid payroll check is undeliverable due to the agency’s inability to locate the employee, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/20681-new-security-supervisors-hazardous-duty-pay-eligible-employeesState Agencies Bulletin No. 2248
… Eligible, BU21 – Non-Arbitration Eligible) represented by NYSCOPBA who meet the eligibility criteria are affected. … which implemented the 2023-2026 Agreement between the State of New York and NYSCOPBA, provides for an increase in … adjustments for Time Entry earnings that are calculated by the system and include Location Pay (Earnings Code LOC), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2248-april-2023-and-2024-retroactive-increases-location-pay-and-location-midState Agencies Bulletin No. 2250
… the April 2023 and 2024 retroactive increases to Location Pay and Location Mid-Hudson pay and the April 2024 retroactive increases to Command Pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2250-april-2023-and-2024-retroactive-increases-location-pay-and-location-mid