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Protection of Managed Pollinators (Honey Bees)
… Objective To determine whether the Department of Agriculture and Markets (Department) is adequately monitoring the health of honey bee pollinators to prevent and mitigate harmful … managed pollinators are critically important to the health of New York State’s environment and agricultural economy. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/01/19/protection-managed-pollinators-honey-beesOversight of New York State Forest Tax Programs
… and environmental resource of major importance and that only eligible properties are receiving local tax exemptions. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/04/20/oversight-new-york-state-forest-tax-programsOpinion 2000 - 13
… opinion. FIRE COMPANY - Membership (eligibility to join second company) TOWN LAW §176-b(10): An individual who is a member of a volunteer fire company may not join a second company unless he or she first terminates membership … a fire district fire department who seeks membership in a second volunteer company is automatically deemed to have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-13Opinion 90-56
… LAW, §92(1); NY CONST, art VIII, §1; 38 USC §2024(d): A school district, by resolution, may provide prospectively for full or partially paid leaves of absence to school district employees engaged in the performance of … Constitution against gifts and loans of public moneys, a school district may elect to provide its employees who are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-56Court Facilities Aid and Assistance Program
… Objective To determine if the Office of Court Administration (OCA) is ensuring court facility aid and … courts that assist in the maintenance and improvement of court facilities. The Court Facilities Incentive Aid … To determine if the Office of Court Administration is ensuring court facility aid and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/12/18/court-facilities-aid-and-assistance-programOpinion 90-10
… OF HIGHWAYS -- Powers and Duties (trimming or removal of trees) LOCAL LAWS -- Streets and Highways (highway superintendent's duty to trim or remove trees) -- Transfer of Functions (highway superintendent's duty to trim or remove trees) TOWN BOARDS -- Powers and Duties (conservation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-10DiNapoli Audit Finds Gaps in NYC School Safety Planning
… meeting required by the city was poor. One school had only one or two of its 11 members in attendance for nine of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-gaps-nyc-school-safety-planningDiNapoli and Oneida DA McNamara Announce Arrests of Utica School Superintendent and Former Utica Mayor for Theft of Public Funds
… Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara, and the New York State Police today announced the arrest of the long-time superintendent of the Utica City School District (UCSD) Bruce Karam and the former Utica Mayor and UCSD School Board President Louis LaPolla for allegedly using …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-and-oneida-da-mcnamara-announce-arrests-utica-school-superintendent-and-former-utica-mayorOpinion 2009-2
… is based on the total cost of the improvement or only on the amount of the improvement to be financed by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-2West Seneca Fire District #4 – Procurement (2020M-52)
… District officials were unable to provide written quotes for 42 purchases totaling $149,854 to demonstrate competitive … Update the procurement policy to provide guidance for purchases in which alternative proposals or quotations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2020/06/18/west-seneca-fire-district-4-procurement-2020m-52Disposal of Electronic Devices
… drives and other memory components) in these devices be securely overwritten or physically destroyed to prevent the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/05/13/disposal-electronic-devicesOpinion 91-26
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Architectural … employing library board member's daughter) -- Interest In Contract (library board member in contract with firm employing daughter) GENERAL MUNICIPAL …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-26DiNapoli: 14 School Districts Designated in Fiscal Stress
… were designated as being in moderate fiscal stress. Only one of these, East Ramapo Central School District in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-14-school-districts-designated-fiscal-stressOpinion 88-39
… county. With respect to such bail, however, this section only concerns bail deposited with the county treasurer and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-39Opinion 88-64
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES -- Officers and … and dental benefits to its employees by participating in a self-insured plan operated jointly by the city for which the authority was established and the county in which the city is located. The question arises because of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-64Opinion 95-32
… MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Deposits and Investments (use of model security and custodial agreements provided by the … STATE COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties (preparation of model security and custodial agreements) GENERAL MUNICIPAL … ask whether a fire district is required to enter into the model security and custodial agreements prepared by this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-32DiNapoli: Former Almond Treasurer Took $22,000 in Fire Department Funds
… out public corruption and hold wrongdoers accountable. I thank the New York State Police and Allegany District Attorney Keith Slep for their diligent work on this case.” The audit, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-former-almond-treasurer-took-22000-fire-department-fundsOpinion 91-32
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in the opinion. CLAIMS -- Compromise or settlement of (devaluation of real property located near solid waste … Whether in view of the gift prohibition of article VIII 1 of the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-32Jasper-Troupsburg Central School District – Emergency Drills (2025M-79)
… response to various building emergencies such as fire, gas leak, roof collapse or flooding. Lockdown drills practice the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/10/24/jasper-troupsburg-central-school-district-emergency-drills-2025m-79Opinion 91-63
… who resides with president and owner of hardware store) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §801: A town councilman who resides with the owner and president of a hardware store and maintains office space in the same building in which the store is located, but has no relationship with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63