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Opinion 92-32
… basis to historical society) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§119-aa, 119-dd; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(i): A town may … historical property, General Municipal Law, article 5-K (§119-aa et seq .) is pertinent here. Article 5-K, relating to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-32Opinion 97-3
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Interest and Penalties (authority to … not authorize a village to waive interest and penalties on taxes which became a lien prior to January 1, 1995. Until …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-3Opinion 96-2
… 658 of the Laws of 1991: A village which imposes an ad valorem levy on benefited real property on behalf of a … reductions. You ask whether a village which imposes an ad valorem levy on behalf of a public library district … change. The special act also contains a section titled "Ad Valorem levy", which determines that the several lots and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-2DiNapoli: The Rockaways Shows Signs of Recovery After Pandemic Setback
… to the pandemic, Rockaways residents were particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted the city’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/dinapoli-rockaways-shows-signs-recovery-after-pandemic-setbackSelected Controls Over the Property Tax Assessment Process (Follow-Up)
… property throughout the City – approximately 1.05 million properties per year worth a total market value of more than … New York City Administrative Code 11-207 requires taxable properties to be examined every three years and non-taxable properties every five years. There are four tax classes for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/01/06/selected-controls-over-property-tax-assessment-process-followOpinion 91-32
… transport, process, dispose of, sell, store, convey, recycle, and deal with ... solid waste and any products or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-32Town of Orangeville – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2023M-80)
… Maintain detailed and accurate accounting records. Deposit all collections and remit all real property tax collections, including interest and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2023/09/29/town-orangeville-town-clerktax-collector-2023m-80Town of Crown Point - Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2018M-263)
… taxes totaling $951,513 during the first seven weeks of 2017 (from January 2 through February 17) but made only … required timeframe. For example, $468,215 or 34 percent of taxes paid by check in 2017 were deposited from eight to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/07/19/town-crown-point-town-clerktax-collector-2018m-263Opinion 96-16
… of a town water district for the construction of a new town hall. This is in response to your letter concerning … excess proceeds from the sale for the construction of a new town hall if the town board submits a proposition on this … for general town purposes, such as the construction of a new town hall (see, also, e.g., McCabe v Voorhis , 243 NY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-16Opinion 97-26
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Apparatus and Equipment (authority to … one rate of taxation within a given distance of the fire house, where insurance rates are lower, and another rate for a greater distance from the fire house, or one rate for that portion of the district which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-26Real Property Tax Levies, Taxable Full Value and Full Value Tax Rates - Tax Levies and Tax Rates for 2012 and Prior Years (overlapping real property tax tables)
Tax Levies and Tax Rates for 2012 and Prior Years overlapping real property tax tables
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/data/real-property-tax-levies-taxable-full-value-and-full-value-tax-rates-tax-levies-and-tax-rates-2012-andTown of Richford - Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2019M-236)
… and deposited money in a timely manner. Key Findings Real Property Taxes totaling $1,443,876 and Clerk fees totaling … or Treasurer in a timely manner. Forty-five real property tax receipts totaling $690,961 were deposited from … to more than $250. Key Recommendations Remit real property tax collections and clerk fees to the Supervisor and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/03/27/town-richford-town-clerktax-collector-2019m-236Reporting of Billboard Income
… Purpose To determine whether income from properties with billboards was being accurately reported on … Finance was not doing enough to identify and follow up on properties with billboards. Consequently, there is increased … income of $83,565 for 2009 and 2010. We identified 235 properties with billboards that did not report any billboard …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/08/15/reporting-billboard-incomeOpinion 89-50
… article VIII, §1 to expend municipal moneys to maintain, repair or improve private property because the expenditure … stated that, pursuant to Town Law, §64(11-a), a town could repair a privately-owned dam built across a river which runs … that, pursuant to its general police powers, a town could repair a defect in a private water or sewer line representing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-50Opinion 94-27
… Town Law, §200 authorizes a town board, either upon petition of a prescribed percentage of fronting or abutting … improvement is subject to permissive referendum and the petition requesting a referendum must be initiated, signed and acknowledged in the same manner as a petition for the improvements pursuant to section 200 (Town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-27Divorce and Your Benefits – Divorce and Your Benefits
… are considered marital property and may be divided when a marriage ends Overview …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorceState Agencies Bulletin No. 159
… use of the new deduction code 374, Property and Casualty insurance Affected Employees Employees in Bargaining Unit 01 … Police Benevolent Association are eligible for this new insurance program. Effective Date Checks dated May 4, 2000 OSC Actions The insurance company offering this new program, Liberty Mutual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/159-voluntary-insurance-program-employees-bargaining-unit-01Town of North Salem - Agricultural Exemptions (2018M-194)
… exemptions for rented agricultural parcels with $40,028 in assessed value that did not meet the woodland eligibility … granted even though the 10-year exemption term had expired in 2013. Did not grant an exemption credit totaling $2,168 in assessed value on one property because the exemption …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/04/12/town-north-salem-agricultural-exemptions-2018m-194Opinion 95-17
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Property (transfer of property from a town to a district without consideration) … Whether in lieu of selling the sand and crediting the proceeds to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-17Opinion 96-1
… FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (purchase of real property - need for State Comptroller approval in Adirondack … Comptroller approval in Adirondack fire district) REAL PROPERTY -- Purchase (need for State Comptroller approval in … If the moneys necessary to fund the purchase of real property by a fire district are to be provided from a capital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1