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Opinion 95-6
… limits and traffic control signals) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1660(a)(5), 1662-a, 1803; STATE FINANCE LAW, §99-a: A … respect to violations of traffic control signals, after payment to the State Comptroller, belong entirely to the … pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law, §1662-a, after payment to the State Comptroller, belong to the town, up to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-6Audit of the Tuition Assistance Program at CUNY Medgar Evers College
… students for State-funded Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) awards. Background Medgar Evers College, located in … years ended June 30, 2010, the school certified 13,293 TAP awards totaling $22 million that were paid to the school for … We reviewed a sample of 150 randomly selected TAP awards paid to 149 students as well as other awards to these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/05/16/audit-tuition-assistance-program-cuny-medgar-evers-collegeTown of Gardiner – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2024M-78)
… a timely manner or in accordance with New York State Town Law (Town Law) Section 30 that requires fees over $250 to be deposited … recover refunded funds and remit the outstanding penalty payment to the Supervisor; and conduct an annual audit of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/10/11/town-gardiner-town-clerktax-collector-2024m-78Opinion 96-12
… coincide with the timing of the receipt of taxes levied for fire district purposes. Town Law, §181 provides that the … district fiscal year and the receipt of the taxes levied for fire district purposes create a cash flow shortage for the fire district, the fire district may wish to consider …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-12Opinion 99-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … charged to those who attend the municipal law course, but do not receive CLE credit. With limited exceptions, all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-9Opinion 91-10
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … next fiscal year, including the amount to be paid for debt service on obligations issued by the town for park purposes … commissioners and the amount paid, or the amount of debt service on obligations issued by the town to finance the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-10State Comptroller DiNapoli: $360M Needed to Repair Local Dams
… certifications are adequate and up to date, and take prompt action to address deficiencies identified by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-360m-needed-repair-local-damsPerformance of the Excelsior Jobs Program
… jobs and/or make significant capital investments. Empire State Development (ESD) administers the Program and is … to receive annual tax credits. As of March 31, 2015, the State has committed over $548 million in Program tax credits … nearly $5.8 billion and create 34,472 jobs in New York State. Key Findings We sampled 25 companies for which, as of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/07/07/performance-excelsior-jobs-programDiNapoli Statement on His Placement Agent Ban Becoming Law
… the previous administration's wrongdoing. It was clear to me that placement agents were corrosive and unnecessary," …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/dinapoli-statement-his-placement-agent-ban-becoming-lawOversight and Enforcement of the Rechargeable Battery Law (Follow-Up)
… Oversight and Enforcement of the Rechargeable Battery Law (Report 2021-S-19 ). About the Program Every year in the … Article 27, Title 18 of the Environmental Conservation Law, referred to as the Rechargeable Battery Law (Law), took …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/03/21/oversight-and-enforcement-rechargeable-battery-law-followDiNapoli Audit Finds Lapses in Treatment Under Kendra's Law
… court-ordered treatment for individuals under Kendra’s Law to ensure that needed services are delivered in a timely … New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Kendra’s Law was enacted to ensure that those with severe mental …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-audit-finds-lapses-treatment-under-kendras-lawDiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Compliance with Jonathan's Law
… Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/11/dinapoli-state-needs-improve-compliance-jonathans-lawModel Code of Ethics for Local Governments - Frequently Asked Questions
… Print PDF Version Must all provisions of the Model Code of Ethics for Local Governments ("Model Code"”) be … officer or employee will be required to disclose an investment (Section 5), and recuse and abstain from any … a case-by-case basis, and in view of any municipal travel policy. For example, a municipal officer or employee …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/model-code-ethics-local-governments-frequently-asked-questionsDiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for February 2015
… for contracts including: $65.6 million to the Children’s Law Center New York $38.4 million to Lawyers for Children … railroad construction from Ravena to Coxsackie. Payment Rejections and Other Cost Recoveries The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-february-2015State Agencies Bulletin No. 1659
… Purpose To inform Agencies of the suspension of the Federal exclusion for qualified … reimbursements from employee’s income and the creation of a new Earnings Code that should be used for taxing moving … moving expense payment made to the employee. Earnings: If the moving expense payment was $1-$500, the taxable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1659-tax-withholding-moving-expenses-tax-year-2018Opinion 98-16
… fund established to pay tax certiorari claims) EDUCATION LAW, §3651: Moneys deposited in a tax certiorari reserve fund … a school district to establish a reserve fund for the payment of judgments and claims in tax certiorari proceedings … to such reserve fund which are not expended for the payment of judgments or claims arising out of such tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-16Opinion 88-59
… it must appoint an acting village justice (31 Opns St Comp, 1975, p 137). Accordingly, it is our opinion that the … Funds for such an increase may be provided by transfers from the unexpended balance of an appropriation, from the appropriation for contingencies, from unappropriated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-59IX.8 Overview – IX. Federal Grants
… the State's Treasury pursuant to §121 of the State Finance Law. Such amounts are to be credited to the fund from which the original payment was made. Since all federal fund payments are charged … has not lapsed) that was charged when the initial payment was made. Applying the refund reduces the expenditure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-ix/ix8-overviewOpinion 2004-2
… spouse leases real property to gravel vendor) -- Leases (by spouse of town board member to gravel vendor) -- Purchase … the contract between the town and the vendor, the town's code of ethics should be reviewed to ascertain whether it … and employees from having interests in contracts with the municipality that they serve (General Municipal Law §801). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-2Opinion 96-17
… of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-17