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Unclaimed Funds in the Bronx
Breakdown by neighborhood of unclaimed funds in the Bronx.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/press/pdf/unclaimed-funds-bronx-2015.pdfLife Changes: Membership in a Nutshell
Understanding the benefits you are entitled to receive as a NYSLRS member is important step in planning your future.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/publications/pdf/1878-membership-in-a-nutshell.pdfFire Protection in New York State: How Is It Provided in Your Community?
Fire Protection in New York State: How Is It Provided in Your Community?
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/fireprotection0317.pdfGrowth in Local Sales Tax Collections Slows in the First Half of 2019
Local sales tax collections for the first half of 2019 totaled $8.8 billion in New York State.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/2019-local-sales-tax-collections.pdfOpinion 90-48
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Whether the school district based solely on the allegations of these residents may find the bus company …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-48Opinion 2003-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Whether town taxes to support the town police department are to be levied only against taxable properties within the area of the town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-6Opinion 92-27
… could provide for the payroll deduction in this instance only by local law. The local law should provide that any payroll deduction will be made only pursuant to a revocable written request by the officer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-27DiNapoli: Debt Adding to MTA's Financial Pressures With Riders and Fare Revenue Slow to Return
… billion 2020-2024 capital program is its largest ever. Only $8.3 billion of the program has been committed, mostly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-debt-adding-mtas-financial-pressures-riders-and-fare-revenue-slow-returnOpinion 89-47
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … of the fire district must consent, in writing, to any addition under section 172-d. Once the town board has … Section 181 makes no provision for the allocation of any costs, including those for debt service, between the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-47Opinion 94-32
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Villages (continuation of service award program if fire department ceases to provide service outside village or if fire department is dissolved); (authority to transfer … award program for the volunteer firefighters of a village fire department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-32Opinion 90-9
… added). We are aware of no authority in the Village Law for a village board of trustees, by resolution, to limit the … balance of an appropriation, from the appropriation for contingencies, from unappropriated cash surplus or … powers, duties and functions as it shall deem necessary for effectuating or administering the board of trustees' …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-9Town of Lockport – Asphalt Millings Inventory (2025M-55)
… price of millings in accordance with the current average market price, as required by the Town’s surplus asphalt … for $929 should have been sold for $9,875 based on average market prices at the time of the sale, a difference of … Because there were no procedures or physical safeguards in place, and proper inventory records were not maintained and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/11/26/town-lockport-asphalt-millings-inventory-2025m-55Opinion 98-23
… than thirty m.p.h., but not less than twenty-five m.p.h., only "on or along designated highways" within the village. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-23New York’s Balance of Payments in the Federal Budget: Federal Fiscal Year 2019
… and customs duties and fees, along with revenues from Puerto Rico and other outlying areas. New York generated 8.1 percent … disability; (3) educational and training services; and (4) hospital and medical care. 8 Programs included in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorks-balance-payments-federal-budget-federal-fiscal-year-2019Opinion 89-18
… TAX LAW, §§310, 318; STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1: In the absence of express statutory authority, a town may … certain circumstances). Further, although Town Law, §116(1) authorizes a town to pay all actual and necessary expenses … wages. This Office, in interpreting Uniform Justice Court Act, §105, which provides for the reimbursement by a town or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18Opinion 90-8
… it is a State statute which in terms and in effect applies only to one city. Therefore, it appears that the exception … words "shall not be changed, modified or amended" refer only to the future adoption of local laws. Further, Insurance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-8Opinion 88-53
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (exclusion of compensation for working vacations from calculation of … bargaining agreement is includable in the calculation of one year final average salary under section 3029d of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-53Mohawk Valley Faces Challenges But Bright Spots Exist
… and Rome." The report examines the counties of Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida and Schoharie in the … many of whom live in Utica (60,635) and Rome (32,473). Hamilton County has the smallest population of any county in … which range from $97,300 (Herkimer County) to $165,500 (Hamilton County), are quite low compared to the statewide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/mohawk-valley-faces-challenges-bright-spots-existNoise in New York City Neighborhoods: Assessing Risk in Urban Noise Management, January 2018
Every day, New York City’s eight million residents face a mix of urban noise, which, at best, poses an annoyance and, at worst, impacts quality of life.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/health-noise-in-nyc-2018.pdfOpinion 96-4
… treasurer (Village Law, §4-408[1]) and may be invested only by the board of trustees or, if the board so delegates, … of the proceeds following the closing, we believe that the only purpose for paying an amount equal to the purchase price …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-4