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DiNapoli: More Security Needed for Hazardous Materials at SUNY University Centers
… Brook, did not properly monitor or restrict access to hazardous materials, according to an audit of seven SUNY … at SUNY campuses," DiNapoli said. "Weak oversight of hazardous materials could jeopardize the health and safety of … these items are kept under lock and key." A variety of hazardous materials are used at SUNY campuses for both …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/dinapoli-more-security-needed-hazardous-materials-suny-university-centersDiNapoli: New York City's Finances on Solid Footing
… New York City projects a balanced budget for fiscal year 2015 and … conditions, according to an analysis released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli at the annual meeting of the Financial Control Board. “New York City is on solid financial footing with new labor agreements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/dinapoli-new-york-citys-finances-solid-footingDiNapoli: Comprehensive Planning Needed for Billions in State Infrastructure Spending
… “Effective planning will help ensure that public resources are put to good use and that critical assets are well-maintained. New York needs to develop a better … The report shows that bonds issued by public authorities are projected to finance 54.2 percent of spending in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/dinapoli-comprehensive-planning-needed-billions-state-infrastructure-spendingOpinion 88-12
… (need for where one municipality provides a service to another) REFUSE AND GARBAGE -- Collection of (municipal … or by one village acting as "lead agency" and contracting to provide the service to the others. You ask whether several villages may provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-12Contact Update and Online Help for Local Officials
… list of your entity's contacts is displayed on the Contact Search (default) page. If the list is long, you may want to sort or search to find a specific contact. Sorting - The list is sorted by Last Name by default. The other available search option is by Verified Date. Click on one of these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/resources/contact-update-and-online-helpOpinion 94-17
… a contract with a refuse hauler. It is clear that cities are authorized to enter into contracts to provide for a … Law, §120-aa; Second Class Cities Law, §79). Although we are aware of no State statute which authorizes a city to … shall levy such amounts remaining unpaid on the date taxes are levied against the real property for which or in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 91-16
… Law, §70-a sets forth the amounts which municipal officers are required to pay for official notices and advertisements … of this inquiry since the rate schedule provisions are identical in CPLR, §8007 and Public Officers Law, §70-a. … necessary to redeem ... and stating that unless such lands are redeemed on or before such day they will be conveyed to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-16Opinion 91-19
… association or undertaking. Fire districts, however, are public corporations distinct from the towns in which they are located (General Construction Law, §66; Town Law, §174[7]) and are not named in article VIII, §1. Therefore, there is no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 90-45
… in the proposed resolution to support standardization are that it is desirous "to maintain a match of all tires on [the] loaders"; that the particular make of "tires are a standard in the industry and are an option on the majority of loaders sold"; and that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-45Opinion 90-35
… over the course of a fiscal year (1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-4, p 6; 23 Opns St Comp, 1967, p 866; 11 Opns St Comp, 1955, p 79; 9 Opns St Comp, 1953, p 421). Therefore, if it may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-35Opinion 90-2
… residents, or may grant moneys to the town library. We are in receipt of your letter asking whether a village may … and town residents who also reside in the village are already paying for and entitled to utilize the services … appropriated by a town to fund its share of the contract are charged only to the taxable property of that part of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-2Opinion 88-47
… Practice Law and Rules. Previous opinions to the contrary are superseded e.g. , 10 Opns St Comp, 1954, p 131 and 10 … taxes previously set forth in the former Village Law are now contained within Article 14 of the Real Property Tax … similar opinions (see, e.g. 10 Opns St Comp, 1954, p 131) are hereby superseded. October 25, 1988 Mr. Jim Yuhas, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-47Opinion 88-70
… AD2d 385, 330 NYS2d 188; Adams v Cuevas , 133 Misc 2d 63, 506 NYS2d 614; Meredith v Monahan , 60 Misc 2d 1081, 304 … moneys may not be expended for such purposes (1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-80, p 120; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-8, p 14; 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-344, p 376). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-70Opinion 89-20
… employees of a fire district located within the town. We are in receipt of your letter concerning the town's code of … of conduct reasonably expected of them. Fire districts are authorized, but not required, to adopt codes of ethics … and employees. If both local and county boards of ethics are established, the county board of ethics may not act with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-20Opinion 96-20
… states that provisions of the current Village Law that are substantially the same in substance and effect as those … effect and which were repealed by Laws 1972, chapter 892 "are intended to be codifications and continuations of such … the abolishment of a police department, the two sections are substantially the same, in substance and effect, with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-20Opinion 96-1
… to fund the purchase of real property by a fire district are to be provided from a capital reserve fund, or by the … requirement if current budget moneys of a fire district are expended. Accordingly, if the moneys necessary to fund the purchase of real property by a fire district are to be provided from a capital reserve fund, or by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1DiNapoli Op-Ed: New York Should Opt Into Public Financing of Elections
… fighting for this change were outraged and encouraged me to reject it. In the end, I agreed with the advocates and … these concerns, noting the “extremely short” time frame to implement the plan and the hurdles that made it …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-op-ed-new-york-should-opt-public-financing-electionsDiNapoli: Two Arrested for Stealing More Than $200,000 From 86-Year-Old State Pensioner
… Lake Town Court on May 10. Their next court appearances are scheduled for June 12 in Schodack Town Court. The charges against the defendants are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-two-arrested-stealing-more-200000-86-year-old-state-pensionerDiNapoli: Former West Carthage Housing Authority Executive Director and Mother Arrested
… P. DiNapoli, Jefferson County District Attorney Kristyna S. Mills, the U.S. Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Inspector … $48,000 in WCHA funds, and Katherine (Katie) Pais, Hoffman’s mother and former WCHA consultant, for allegedly aiding in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-former-west-carthage-housing-authority-executive-director-and-mother-arrestedXI.2.K Authorized Signatures – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… or of a division, board, body, bureau, officer or employee in a department, for personal services, maintenance and … of the department, or by such authority or authorities in the department as shall be designated by the head of the … if they have questions concerning the adequacy of controls in place. Process and Document Preparation: If the department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi2k-authorized-signatures