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DiNapoli: SUNY Downstate Failed to Get Its Money's Worth From Cost-Cutting Consultant
… Downstate Medical Center paid a consultant $34 million for a plan to help the hospital out of financial trouble, but … found questionable travel and excessive lodging expenses for the contractor, Pitts Management Associates (PMA), which … PMA's $34 million contracts and did not get what it paid for," DiNapoli said. "When my office is precluded from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-suny-downstate-failed-get-its-moneys-worth-cost-cutting-consultantDiNapoli Announces New Corporate Agreement to Disclose Political Spending
… contributions in the wake of majority shareholder support for the New York State Common Retirement Fund’s (the Fund) shareholder resolution. The Fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/dinapoli-announces-new-corporate-agreement-disclose-political-spendingDiNapoli: Former Le Roy Fire Dept Treasurer Sentenced For Gambling-Related Theft of $46,000
… Roy Fireman’s Benevolent Association was sentenced today for stealing nearly $46,000 in public funds to pay for gambling at local casinos, according to New York State … the second degree. He was ordered to pay full restitution for the thefts, which took place from 2007 to 2013. “Too …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-former-le-roy-fire-dept-treasurer-sentenced-gambling-related-theft-46000Mohawk Valley Faces Challenges But Bright Spots Exist
… good things taking place in the Mohawk Valley, we need to change the way that we handle economic development in New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/mohawk-valley-faces-challenges-bright-spots-existNY State Comptroller DiNapoli Calls on Wynn Resorts to Disclose All Political Spending
… reputation was irreparably harmed, and it now faces lawsuits, possible loss of gaming licenses and other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-calls-wynn-resorts-disclose-all-political-spendingDiNapoli Releases Report on Tax Check-Off Donations
… to charitable causes, even after legislation aimed at speeding up the process was enacted in 2015, according to … In 2014, DiNapoli's office released a report looking at the history of the check-off programs and identified a … by DiNapoli's office was enacted to improve the pace at which tax check-off contributions are put to use, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-releases-report-tax-check-off-donationsOpinion 93-33
… conditions precedent to a newspaper making a claim for compensation for the publication of official notices of … a "newspaper" which may make a claim for payment of compensation for publication of school district official … 130 NYS 761, affd 153 AD 623, 138 NYS 1136 affd 208 NY 621; see gen 24 ALR 4th 822). We express no opinion as to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33DiNapoli: Lockport Facing Severe Cash Flow Problems
… The city of Lockport will run out of cash to pay for operations in the very near future unless it secures new financing or drastically … steps to correct the problems. For a copy of the report visit: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-lockport-facing-severe-cash-flow-problemsDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collection Growth Highest Since 2013
… adjustments, which can significantly impact rates of change, especially in smaller counties. Albany, Delaware, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collection-growth-highest-2013DiNapoli: Springport Town Clerk Pleads Guilty After Faking Retirement Benefits
… and attempted computer trespass, and agreed to resign for her attempts to boost her state retirement benefits by using a town computer, State … I thank Cayuga County District Attorney Jon E. Budelmann for partnering with us to protect our retirement system." …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-springport-town-clerk-pleads-guilty-after-faking-retirement-benefitsOpinion 89-29
… the opinion. REAL PROPERTY -- Sale (authority of village to exchange property with a federal agency) GENERAL MUNICIPAL … LAW, §1-102(1): A village may acquire a parcel of property to exchange for property owned by a federal agency and needed … rather than an outright sale of its land. This is in reply to your letter in which you ask whether, in furtherance of an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-29Opinion 89-25
… village and town, the village is indebted or obligated to make the debt service payment on the town debt, or if the … below, that village reserve fund moneys may not be used to make the proposed payments. Article 2 of the General … or improvement district (GML, §§119, 119-a). Article 5-D does not, however, define "capacity in excess of its own …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-25DiNapoli Report Finds Medicaid Costs for Treating Asthma Rising
… billion for medical costs and lost productivity, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … many late night emergency room visits. The Medicaid cost to taxpayers for treating asthma has jumped and the … Medicaid recipients is especially high. The state needs to better understand asthma trends and better target publicly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-report-finds-medicaid-costs-treating-asthma-risingOpinion 89-63
… it is provided by or pursuant to law that such officer or employee is personally entitled to such fees as compensation … we note that these fees are not paid to an officer or employee as compensation for services rendered in his or her …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-63Opinion 89-6
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FINES AND PENALTIES -- Distribution of (fines … PENAL LAW, §190.60: A fine imposed following a conviction in Supreme Court, for a violation of section 190.60 of the … section 190.60 of the Penal Law for Scheme to Defraud in the Second Degree would properly be deposited into the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-6Opinion 95-28
… 1432). The FHLBs, which are supervised by the Federal Housing Finance Board (see 12 USC §1422a), provide loans, in … pre-empt may be express (see Jancyn Manufacturing Corp. v County of Suffolk , 71 NY2d 91, 524 NYS2d 8) or may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-28Opinion 90-62
… department embracing the town (see also Executive Law, §63-a authorizing the Attorney General to maintain an action …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-62Opinion 91-2
… reviewed by a court and this Office, of course, would be bound by its determination. February 5, 1991 Timothy A. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-2Audit Recommends Improvements to NFTA Capital Planning
… Planning: Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority , or go to: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/audit-recommends-improvements-nfta-capital-planningOpinion 91-35
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … of a negotiating unit is entitled to a salary increase in at least the same dollar amount as that received by the … head of the police department shall be increased by at least the same dollar amount of the increase received by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-35