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Introduction – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process

… were printed before claims were audited and approved. Warrants were not signed indicating audit and approval of …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/introduction

Opinion 88-39

… The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or … court, a town court has trial jurisdiction of all offenses other than felonies and preliminary jurisdiction of all … ( People v Samuels , 49 NY2d, 218, 424 NYS2d 892, 400 NE 1344; People v Ferro , 77 Misc 2d 226, 353 NYS2d 854; CPL, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-39

DiNapoli: 14 School Districts Designated in Fiscal Stress

… Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System for the school year (SY) ending on June 30, 2022, down from … there was a particularly steep drop because of significant increases in both federal and state aid,” DiNapoli said. … incidence of fiscal stress, received some of the largest increases in aid. However, the federal aid is temporary so …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-14-school-districts-designated-fiscal-stress

Accidental Disability – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans

… accident not due to your own willful negligence, you may be eligible for this benefit regardless of the amount of … if you file an application for an accidental disability retirement benefit within one year of the alleged accident. … that you receive or may be eligible to receive. Filing You can file an accidental disability retirement application …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/accidental-disability

Opinion 91-63

… the councilman is not an officer, director, stockholder or employee of the corporation which owns and operates the … to General Municipal Law, §800(3), a municipal officer or employee has an interest in any contract with his or her … as a result of that contract. In addition, an officer or employee is deemed to have an interest in, inter alia , any …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63

Protection of Managed Pollinators (Honey Bees)

… the Department of Agriculture and Markets (Department) is adequately monitoring the health of honey bee pollinators … the high loss of pollinators in the State. The Plan is a multiagency effort, with the Department primarily … apiary registration requirements. One goal of the Program is to document the health of the State’s managed pollinator …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/01/19/protection-managed-pollinators-honey-bees

Oversight of New York State Forest Tax Programs

… those properties through July 2021. About the Program New York State’s land area of 30.2 million acres comprises almost … both healthy forests and a stable forest economy, in 1974 New York enacted Real Property Tax Law 480a – a tax incentive …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/04/20/oversight-new-york-state-forest-tax-programs

Opinion 90-10

… 393 NYS2d 691; Tagg v City of Lockport , 228 AD 319, 238 NYS 662, affd 254 NY 582; Embler v Town of Wallkill , 132 NY 222; 1989 Opns St Comp. No. 89-21, p 45; 1985 Opns St …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-10

DiNapoli Releases Sunset Park Economic Snapshot

… pace, according to a report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Greater Sunset Park is … what many of us have known for a while, that private sector jobs in Sunset Park are growing,” said Rep. Jerrold …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/dinapoli-releases-sunset-park-economic-snapshot

DiNapoli: Former Long Island School Official Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme

… totaling more than $100,000 to Gardner through fraudulent payroll deposits and other payments. To conceal the illegal …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-former-long-island-school-official-pleads-guilty-kickback-scheme

Opinion 91-32

… are determined to be just and equitable (see Municipal Home Rule Law, §10[1][ii][a][5]; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-42, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-32

Opinion 91-26

… Law, §800[4]). Pursuant to General Municipal Law, §801, an officer or employee is prohibited from having an interest in any contract of his or her municipality if the officer or employee, individually or as a member of a board, … bills or claims under the contract; or (c) appoint an officer or employee who has any such powers or duties, and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-26

Opinion 97-1

Whether a village housing authority may become a participant in a county workers compensation selfinsurance plan

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-1

Opinion 95-32

… on the books of the Federal Reserve or other book-entry system operated by a federally regulated entity without …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-32

Opinion 88-68

… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … opinion. ZONING AND PLANNING -- Planning Boards (authority of individual member to vote on matter of personal interest) …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-68

DiNapoli and Oneida DA McNamara Announce Arrests of Utica School Superintendent and Former Utica Mayor for Theft of Public Funds

… Utica Mayor and UCSD School Board President Louis LaPolla for allegedly using taxpayer funds to pay for political campaigns and a non-school related fundraiser. … that he favored and who determined his contract, salary and authority. He also is accused of using school …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-and-oneida-da-mcnamara-announce-arrests-utica-school-superintendent-and-former-utica-mayor

DiNapoli: State Failed to Block Payments to Providers Supplying Controlled Substances Beyond Legal Limits

… New York’s Medicaid system overpaid pharmacies by more than $1.1 million over a five-year period for … substance prescriptions that exceeded limits allowed by the law, according to an audit of the Department of Health … substances can ease suffering and provide treatment for people with serious medical problems, but these drugs can …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-state-failed-block-payments-providers-supplying-controlled-substances-beyond-legal-limits

Opinion 92-11

… insurance. In the case of expenditures from the fund to pay settled or compromised actions or claims, the settlement … in the fund, to the extent they exceed a sum sufficient to pay all liabilities incurred or accrued against the fund, may …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11