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DiNapoli: Binghamton City School Finances Progressing
… Prudent budgeting and proactive financial planning by officials in the Binghamton City School District have helped to improve the district’s … Prudent budgeting and proactive financial planning by officials in the Binghamton City School District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-binghamton-city-school-finances-progressingAdministration and Collection of Real Estate Transfer Taxes
… Purpose To determine if the Department of Taxation and Finance (Department) has adequate systems and … in 1968 under Tax Law Article 31 as a tax on the transfer of real property, and applies to sales or conveyances of real property or interests in real property when the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/01/08/administration-and-collection-real-estate-transfer-taxesDiNapoli: Too Many Subway Stations Need Repairs
… which are important to rider safety, had defects in need of repair. While 33 percent of platform edges had a … 2,722 architectural components (13 percent) were in need of repair and 2,031 components (27 percent) needed to be … and 217 elevators are beyond their useful lives and need replacement. More than half of these outdated elevators …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-too-many-subway-stations-need-repairsPractices Used by the Transit Adjudication Bureau to Collect and Account for Fines and Fees (Follow-Up)
… support, payment processing, information services, telephone collections, and judgment enforcement. The current … written on summonses, such as bad addresses and false telephone numbers, contributes to collection difficulties. … enforce the collection of outstanding fees and fines. The number of calls to respondents had decreased materially from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/03/07/practices-used-transit-adjudication-bureau-collect-and-account-fines-and-fees-followDiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores
… Saugerties in Ulster County (designated in March) were the only two in the highest-ranking designation of “significant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scoresDiNapoli: NYC Transit Should Improve Response to Safety-Related Defects
… "A" defects that were identified by station supervisors. Only three defects, including loose fixtures in the stairway …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-nyc-transit-should-improve-response-safety-related-defectsDiNapoli: Audit Exposes Significant Management Issues With Tonawanda Housing Authority
… are shameful," said DiNapoli. "Management showed contempt for the neediest applicants and seemingly gave preferential … the city of Tonawanda in Erie County, manages a 257-unit apartment complex that consists of four main apartment … contracts, visit Open Book New York . The easy-to-use website was created to promote transparency in government and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-audit-exposes-significant-management-issues-tonawanda-housing-authorityUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-345
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform the Office of Court Administration of OSC’s automatic … The purpose of this bulletin is to inform the Office of Court Administration of OSCs automatic …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-345-impact-27-pay-periods-calendar-year-2024-judges-and-justicesOpinion 94-17
… Comp No. 79- 307, p 52). The fees, however, may be imposed only upon users of the service (see Opn No. 92-18, supra). In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 91-13*
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY -- Leases (as constituting indebtedness for purposes … Requiring Bidding (lease of public facility for use by a municipal corporation in performance of its governmental … created because of "the statutory provision that in no way can the city become indebted." ( id ., 36 NY2d at 618, 370 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-13Opinion 90-6
… Services Districts (acceptance of corporate grant for day care purposes) MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -- Powers and … not accept a corporate grant for the purpose of providing day care services pursuant to the Social Services Law on the condition that a day care room be permanently named in a manner which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-6Opinion 90-55
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Disability … its police department remains obligated to pay benefits in accordance with General Municipal Law, §207-c to police … injured in the line of duty his or her full salary or wages pursuant to General Municipal Law, §207-c. In 1988 Opns …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-55Pine Plains Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-18)
… needed remediation to reduce lead exposure in potable water outlets? Audit Period July 1, 2019 – September 30, 2024 … Services (BOCES) to test potable (i.e., consumable) water for lead, report the results and implement necessary … needed remediation to reduce lead exposure in all potable water outlets as required by NYS Public Health Law and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/18/pine-plains-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-18Ravena Coeymans Selkirk Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-7)
… children’s growth, causing learning and behavioral issues or causing hearing and speech problems which can lead to … lead exposure in all potable water outlets as required by NYS Public Health Law and Department of Health (DOH) regulations. 3 We … District officials did not properly identify report or implement needed remediation to reduce lead exposure in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/07/11/ravena-coeymans-selkirk-central-school-district-lead-testing-andOpinion 90-33
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VILLAGE MAYOR -- Deputy (power to appoint officers and employees) … LAW, §4-400(1)(c), (h): In the absence of the village mayor at a village board meeting, the deputy mayor has the power to appoint village officers and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-33Opinion 88-44
… 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-75, p 111). It appears that the only exception which may be applicable in this instance is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-44Opinion 89-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … to the extent inconsistent. You ask whether a town may pay to the surviving spouse of a deceased town highway … of absence to its officers or employees with or without pay and adopt rules and regulations in relation thereto. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-1Opinion 88-79
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (applicability of prohibition to moneys received from federal government) NEW YORK … derived from a federal Urban Development Action Grant to provide grants or loans to assist private developers in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-79Opinion 92-29
… 84-20, p 26). By its literal terms, section 207-m requires only that the salary of the permanent full-time department … section 207-m quoted above and the legislative intent that only the permanent full-time head of the police department is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-29Opinion 93-12
… MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (travel expenses - where spouse accompanies school board … OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Reimbursement for Expenses (travel expenses - spouse of school board member attending … district may not authorize the incurrence and payment of travel and lodging expenses of the spouse of a member of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-12