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Opinion 94-17
… the issues discussed in the opinion. REFUSE AND GARBAGE -- Recycling Services (imposition and collection of fees for) … that unpaid user fees imposed to finance the cost of recycling services, including any interest or penalties, may … the amount of unpaid fees imposed upon property owners for recycling services provided by the city under a contract with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 91-13*
… rather than a true lease (Gelfand, State & Local Govt Debt Fin, §3:08). In Revenue Ruling 55-540, the IRS provided …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-13Opinion 90-6
… LAW, §215(3): A county social services district may not accept a corporate grant for the purpose of providing day … the grantor. The county governing board, however, may accept the grant conditioned upon naming a day care room in a … You ask whether a county social services district may accept a corporate grant to furnish, carpet and provide toys …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-6Opinion 90-55
… the rights of a disabled firefighter under section 207-a vest at the moment of disability and may not thereafter be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-55Opinion 90-33
… discussed in the opinion. VILLAGE MAYOR -- Deputy (power to appoint officers and employees) VILLAGE LAW, §4-400(1)(c), … at a village board meeting, the deputy mayor has the power to appoint village officers and employees, subject to village board approval. You ask whether, under the Village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-33Opinion 88-44
… Services (town board member employed by engineering firm) -- Interest in Contract (town board member employed by town's engineering firm); (interest arising after execution of contract) GENERAL … in the contract between the town and the engineering firm with which the town contracts when the board member …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-44Opinion 89-1
… Compensation (authority to convert employee's accumulated leave time into cash upon death in service) -- Leave time … (authority to convert into cash upon death in service) -- Sick Leave (authority to convert into cash upon death in … in service, the cash value of the employee's accumulated sick leave, vacation and personal leave time. Enclosed with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-1Opinion 88-79
… under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 1974 (PL 93-383, as amended). The Closeout Agreement further … 1980 Opns St Comp, Nos. 80-589 and 80-744, unreported; 1974 Opns St Comp, No. 74-1120, unreported; 1978 Atty Gen … Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended". In our opinion, as long as this Federal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-79Opinion 92-29
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … General Municipal Law, §207-m to salary of deputy police commissioner); (salary of individual filling vacancy in … section 207-m, a deputy commissioner who, upon the death of the commissioner, is appointed to fill the vacancy in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-29Opinion 93-12
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … Authorization must be by resolution adopted prior to attendance, or the governing board may delegate the power to … or her spouse may be reimbursed by the municipality at the usual rate of a single occupancy room). Since the spouse of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-12DiNapoli: Pension Contribution Rates for Employers Will Decrease for State Fiscal Year 2018-19
… Employer contribution rates for the New York State and Local … the end of the fiscal year for the state pension fund. Employer rates are determined based on actuarial assumptions … budgets. Projections of required contributions vary by employer depending on factors such as retirement plans, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-pension-contribution-rates-employers-will-decrease-state-fiscal-year-2018-19DiNapoli Finds Major Problems with Rochester School District Payments
… the controls and oversight procedures it needs to run a sound operation." The Rochester City School District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/dinapoli-finds-major-problems-rochester-school-district-paymentsDiNapoli Releases April Cash Report
… collections. Tax collections, however, were $23.7 million lower than newly released Division of the Budget (DOB) … last year for the same period, which was $11.6 million lower than Enacted Budget projections. Payments made in … 2.9 percent more than the previous year and $12.5 million lower than projections. Business tax collections totaled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-releases-april-cash-reportDiNapoli Releases Profile of New York's Small Business Owners
… DiNapoli said. “Policymakers should encourage small business growth, and particularly initiatives to spur … DiNapoli’s report found that for 9 out of 10 New York business owners, being their own boss and greater income … in all 62 counties. Pursuit has an active Veteran’s Loan Program through which New York business owners who serve …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-releases-profile-new-yorks-small-business-ownersDiNapoli: Buffalo Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Her Deceased Grandmother's State Pension Payments
… A 55-year-old Buffalo woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $54,715 in … Lorraine Stenclik, retired in 1985 from the City of Buffalo and was receiving a pension via direct deposit into … A 55yearold Buffalo woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $54715 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-buffalo-woman-pleads-guilty-stealing-her-deceased-grandmothers-state-pension-paymentsDiNapoli: Guess Inc. Agrees to Report on Workplace Safety, Environmental Risks
… to implement the core labor rights standards of the UN’s International Labor Organization (ILO ), and to allow …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/dinapoli-guess-inc-agrees-report-workplace-safety-environmental-risksDiNapoli: MTA Budget Outlook Improves
… reduce the size of projected budget gaps and help fund the next capital program. “The MTA’s financial outlook … MTA still faces budget risks, including the pace of the economic recovery and the impact of the next round of … Additional funding would be needed to finish the East Side Access project and to begin new expansion projects, such as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/09/dinapoli-mta-budget-outlook-improvesXI.18.I Sexual Harassment Prevention Certification – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… the bidder and affirmed by such bidder as true under the penalty of perjury: “By submission of this bid, each bidder … party thereto certifies as to its own organization, under penalty of perjury, that the bidder has and has implemented a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi18i-sexual-harassment-prevention-certificationMessage from the Comptroller – 2021 Financial Condition Report
… relief funding and higher-than-anticipated tax collections stabilized the State’s financial footing. This Financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2021-fcr/message-comptrollerDiNapoli: Former Clerk/Treasurer of Village of Norwood Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $70K From Village
… Pasqua and the New York State Police today announced that Nancy Berger, 55, formerly the Clerk/Treasurer of the Village … the second degree for stealing $73,725 from the village. “Nancy Berger treated the village as her personal bank account … State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced that Nancy Berger 55 formerly the ClerkTreasurer of the Village of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-former-clerktreasurer-village-norwood-pleads-guilty-stealing-over-70k-village