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DiNapoli: SUNY Downstate Failed to Get Its Money's Worth From Cost-Cutting Consultant
… Thomas P. DiNapoli questions whether $74 million in savings even happened. A prior DiNapoli audit released in August 2016 found questionable travel and excessive … is needed to protect public dollars." Legislation passed in 2013 authorized SUNY Downstate to obtain services related …
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
… agreed to disclose its corporate political contributions in the wake of majority shareholder support for the New York … are to be commended for respecting shareholders’ interest in protecting our investments.” For the 2017 proxy season, … It will file the request at several more companies in the coming weeks. DiNapoli made disclosure of corporate …
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
… was sentenced today for stealing nearly $46,000 in public funds to pay for gambling at local casinos, … Thomas P. DiNapoli. Dennis Snow, 62, was sentenced in Genesee County Court to five years probation, 30 days in jail and a final $16,200 restitution payment to the Le Roy …
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
… challenges and population losses, but job increases in health care and some manufacturing sectors, and efforts to … over the past couple of decades, but modest increases in food processing, electrical equipment and appliance … said. "Unemployment and child poverty rates are higher in the region than for the state as a whole, but ongoing …
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
… Common Retirement Fund (Fund), is asking fellow investors in Wynn Resorts to vote their shares for the Fund's request … dollars are being spent on political agendas that are not in the company's best interest." Currently, Wynn Resorts does … available data, Wynn Resorts has spent millions of dollars in corporate funds on political activities since the 2010 …
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
… legislation aimed at speeding up the process was enacted in 2015, according to a report released today by State … His office found more than $15.7 million remained in the funds as of the end of state fiscal year 2016-17. … check-off program, Return a Gift to Wildlife, was created in 1982 to provide funds for fish and wildlife purposes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-releases-report-tax-check-off-donationsOpinion 93-33
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER -- Designation (use of … may publish notice of the school district's annual meeting in the newspaper. A school district, however, may not pay a claim for publication of a notice in a publication which is not entered as second-class matter, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33DiNapoli: Lockport Facing Severe Cash Flow Problems
… of Lockport will run out of cash to pay for operations in the very near future unless it secures new financing or … operations. “The city of Lockport’s accounting records are in such poor condition that city officials were in the dark about the true severity of their fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-lockport-facing-severe-cash-flow-problemsDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collection Growth Highest Since 2013
… Local sales tax collection growth accelerated in 2017, according to a report released today by State … as local revenues have been under significant pressure in recent years," DiNapoli said. "As 2018 unfolds, local … federal tax changes on this spending is the great unknown in this equation." DiNapoli's report found the increase in …
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
… Town Clerk Deborah Waldron pleaded guilty Wednesday in Aurelius Town Court to official misconduct and attempted … 62, a 25-year town employee, was initially charged in May following an investigation by the Comptroller, New … us to protect our retirement system." Since taking office in 2007, DiNapoli has committed to fighting public corruption …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-springport-town-clerk-pleads-guilty-after-faking-retirement-benefitsOpinion 89-29
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY -- Sale (authority of village … property rather than an outright sale of its land. This is in reply to your letter in which you ask whether, in furtherance of an agreement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-29Opinion 89-25
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (use of moneys in to pay debt service) -- Repair Reserve Fund (transfer of … town sewer districts); (authority to sell excess capacity in sewage treatment plant) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§6-c, 6-d, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-25DiNapoli Report Finds Medicaid Costs for Treating Asthma Rising
… Medicaid expenditures rose more than 26 percent in the last five years, as the state's overall annual asthma … struggling with this disease." Roughly 1.7 million people in New York suffer from asthma, according to estimates by the … $55 billion Medicaid program enrolls approximately one in four New York state residents, including 559,000 diagnosed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-report-finds-medicaid-costs-treating-asthma-risingOpinion 89-63
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Exemption From (housing authority) … is exempt from the payment of court filing fees. This is in reply to your inquiry asking whether a municipal housing … from the payment of court fees when it is a litigant in Supreme Court, a County Court, the Civil Court of the City …
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
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Deposits and Investments (in obligation issued by a financial institution and secured … LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (authorizing investment in vehicle not listed in General Municipal Law, §11) -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-28Opinion 90-62
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Removal (of elected official physically … in office and receive the salary fixed by the town board for his office for the balance of his term of office. Public … made by any citizen resident of the town or by the county district attorney, and shall be made to the Appellate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-62Opinion 91-2
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. STATE COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties … 801; RACING, PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING AND BREEDING LAW, §516: In connection with the State Comptroller's authority to … listing certain outside employment and business interests in order for the Comptroller to determine the possible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-2Audit Recommends Improvements to NFTA Capital Planning
… Frontier Transportation Authority’s (NFTA) assets are not in a state of good repair and it is unclear how the authority … needs, some of which are not being met,” DiNapoli said. “In light of NFTA’s limited resources, it is critical that the … NFTA is responsible for air and public transportation in Erie and Niagara counties. It oversees a bus, light rail, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/audit-recommends-improvements-nfta-capital-planningOpinion 91-35
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation … of a negotiating unit is entitled to a salary increase in at least the same dollar amount as that received by the … of the village police department may receive an increase in salary equal to that given to the sergeant of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-35