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Volunteer Firefighters – Travel and Conference Expense Management
… Volunteer firefighters are also eligible for reimbursement of certain expenses incurred while … attending training schools and courses of instruction for firefighters. General Municipal Law 12 authorizes the … of a municipal corporation or fire district to provide for reimbursement for registration fees up to a maximum of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/travel-conference-expense/volunteer-firefightersOpinion 98-21
… contract for provision of) -- Powers and Duties (authority to contract for emergency ambulance service) MUNICIPAL … and fire district) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (authority to contract for emergency ambulance service) GENERAL … LAW, §176(22): Although a town is authorized, pursuant to section 122-b of the General Municipal Law, to enter into …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-21Drug Management and Disposal
… boxes, where unwanted drugs can be dropped off in a secure box; takeback events, which are generally held at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/04/27/drug-management-and-disposalMedicaid Program – Managed Care Premium Payments for Recipients With Comprehensive Third-Party Insurance
… made Medicaid mainstream managed care premium payments on behalf of individuals who had comprehensive third-party … to those who are economically disadvantaged and/or have special health care needs. The Department administers … comprehensive TPHI coverage after the coverage has taken effect. Our audit determined Medicaid paid over $691 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/06/13/medicaid-program-managed-care-premium-payments-recipients-comprehensive-third-partyUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-288
… County DR Suffolk County Court Employees Association F8 New York State Court Officers Association SR New York State Supreme Court Officers Association SY … between the Unified Court System of the State of New York (UCS) and the affected bargaining units (Bargaining …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-288-april-2020-unified-court-system-ucs-security-and-lawOpinion 2001-15
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Dissolution … of taxable real property aggregating at least one-half of all taxable real property of the district owned by resident … aggregate at least one-half of the assessed valuation of all the taxable real property of the proposed district or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-15Violations of Law, Conflicts of Interest and Other Improprieties at the Department of Correctional Services' Food Production Center (Follow-Up)
… of our audit of certain Center procurement contracts and payments to vendors for purchases of food products that occurred between January … violations regarding purchases from favored vendors. For example, Mr. Dean and his staff solicited donations from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/06/04/violations-law-conflicts-interest-and-other-improprieties-department-correctional-servicesOpinion 93-29
… Duties (designation of official newspaper) PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §70-a; GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §60(a); VILLAGE LAW, §4-412: A … (Opn No. 84-58, supra ; Opn No. 82-173, supra ; see also NY Const, article I, §11). There is, however, no statutory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-29DiNapoli Calls on Twitter & Other Major Corporations to Take Action on Political Spending Transparency
… filing of eight shareholder proposals requesting companies to comprehensively disclose their political spending. The … Comptroller has filed disclosure proposals with: Twitter Inc., DISH Network Corp., The Progressive Corp., Royal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/01/dinapoli-calls-twitter-other-major-corporations-take-action-political-spending-transparencyOpinion 91-20
… of (ambulance service fees from insurance companies) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §122-b; TOWN LAW, §184: In addition to ambulance service … of the claim against the user for fees and charges (see 82 NY Jur 2d, Payment and Tender, §33). Section 122-b does not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-20Opinion 90-62
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … entitled to remain in office and receive the salary fixed by the town board for his office for the balance of his term … 364, 18 NE2d 531; cf . former Highway Law, §160, repealed by L 1981, ch 183, which prescribed procedures for removal of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-62Opinion 91-44
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … or the individual. The State health insurance plan is operated pursuant to Article XI of the Civil Service Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44Opinion 88-48
… or made in whole or substantial part in the United States, its possessions or territories). While General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-48Opinion 88-34
… subsequent publication are concerned " (emphasis supplied; NY Legis Ann. 1970, p 236). Although subsequent legislation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-34Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-276
… Purpose To inform agencies of the new Additional Pay Earnings Code … and Law Enforcement Differential (“SLED”) payment and to provide instructions for manual payments Affected …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-276-new-earnings-code-unified-court-systems-ucs-security-and-lawExamination of Procurement Card Payments
… When the reasonably expected aggregate amount of such purchases to be made in a 12 month period exceed the monetary … Agencies are directed not to use PCards to make purchases from agency-specific contracts because expenditures … approval and/or the competitive bidding procedures for purchases from seven vendors with an aggregate value of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/03/09/examination-procurement-card-paymentsOpinion 2006-11
… CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Purchases and Sales (from store at which town board member is employed) -- Exceptions … and duties exception) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §802(1)(b): When a town board member has an interest in town … to purchases from the store. December 29, 2006 Robert H. Hafner, Esq., Attorney at Law Town of Queensbury 1 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-11DiNapoli: Former Treasurer Arrested in Tupper Lake Fire Department Theft
… encourages the public to help fight fraud and abuse. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-former-treasurer-arrested-tupper-lake-fire-department-theftOpinion 92-31
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … partisan or political purposes or undertakings (see NY Const, art VIII, §1; Phillips v Maurer , 67 NY2d 672, 499 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-31Opinion 2005-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … high school district must take the training required by section 2102-a of the Education Law if he or she was … high school district, must take the training required by section 2102-a of the Education Law if he or she was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-9