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Opinion 98-17
… Public Officers Law, §18. 3 See Corning v Village of Laurel Hollow , 48 NY2d 348, 422 NYS2d 932; Schulz v Doetsch …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-17Opinion 93-3
… Lynd v Heffernan , 286 AD 597, 146 NYS2d 113 mot for lv to app granted 1 NY2d 641, mot to withdraw app granted 1 NY2d 919, 154 NYS2d 976). The primary rationale … proposals or quotations will not be in the best interest of the political subdivision (General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3Opinion 94-30
… remitted to State) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §8018(a); JUDICIARY LAW, §39(2)(e): County clerks outside of the City … Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) and section 39(2)(e) of the Judiciary Law. The county clerk has been collecting an index … of New York in accordance with section 39(2)(e) of the Judiciary Law. You ask whether, under section 39(2)(e), the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-30Opinion 93-4
… purpose (Local Finance Law, §§10.00[a], 21.00[a]; see also NY Const, art VIII, §2). Clearly, towns are authorized to … Law (see also Real Property Tax Law, §726[4]; City of Rochester v Chiarella , 65 NY2d 92, 490 NYS2d 174; Cherey v City of Long Beach , 282 NY 382; 1984 Opns St Comp No. 84-32, p 40). With respect to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-4State Agencies Bulletin No. 2043
… should enter the current year arrears under deduction code 613, TRS Arrears Before Tax, and the prior year arrears under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2043-new-prior-year-arrears-deduction-code-members-new-york-state-teachersNewburgh Enlarged City School District – Financial Management (2025M-32)
… funds, officials reduced the surplus fund balance in all five years reviewed to make it appear officials were not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2026/02/06/newburgh-enlarged-city-school-district-financial-management-2025m-32NYSLRS Announces Employer Contribution Rates for Retirement System for 2021-22
… National Association of State Retirement Administrators. Only 24 of 130 major public funds are currently below 7 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/nyslrs-announces-employer-contribution-rates-retirement-system-2021-22State Agencies Bulletin No. 2368.2
… This Bulletin Supersedes Payroll Bulletin 2368.1 Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with updated information on the use of Deduction code 433, Unemployment Insurance Owed … The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/23682-instructions-use-deduction-code-433-unemployment-insurance-owed-andComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… tests did disclose 30 awards totaling $27,964 that school officials certified in error. Metropolitan … City Department of Education (DoE) Management of General School Funds (Follow-up) (2013-F-33) An initial report, … retired state, participating local government and school district employees and their dependents. The Department of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea of Nelson Rivera in Bid-rigging Case
… court proceedings, it is expected that Rivera will be sentenced to five years of probation, may never again serve …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-nelson-rivera-bid-rigging-casePresident of Gingerbread Learning Center and Wife Sentenced for Stealing Approximately $771,000 from Special Needs Pre-School
… $771,000 in public funds by falsifying business records for The Gingerbread Learning Center, Inc., a pre-school … 100 students annually, and was required to file yearly CFRs outlining the company’s yearly expenses and costs. The audit was prompted by an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/president-gingerbread-learning-center-and-wife-sentenced-stealing-approximately-771000-special-needsDiNapoli: Jury Convicts Councilman Ruben Wills in Public Corruption Scheme
… was instead redirected to a non-profit corporation called NY 4 Life, which Wills controlled. Wills withdrew the money … The $21,000 was part of a $33,000 grant provided to NY 4 Life from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), earmarked by former State Senator Shirley Huntley while Wills was serving as Huntley's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-jury-convicts-councilman-ruben-wills-public-corruption-schemeSelected Aspects of Central Office Disbursements From the Tuition and Fees Refund Bank Account
… disbursements to students from the Tuition and Fees Refund bank account were appropriate and authorized. The audit scope … Central Office established a Tuition and Fees Refund bank account to reimburse students when the payments they … of a refund, the amount of a refund, the appropriate bank account for a refund, and the appropriateness of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/10/19/selected-aspects-central-office-disbursements-tuition-and-fees-refund-bank-accountState Pension Employer Contribution Rates Announced for 2020-21, Assumed Rate of Return Lowered
… DiNapoli is also dropping the long-term assumed rate of return on investments from 7 percent to 6.8 percent, … we have kept the state pension fund strong and one of the best funded in the nation. The long-term outlook for … As in years past, we’re taking the responsible action of lowering our assumed rate of return now so we can better …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/state-pension-employer-contribution-rates-announced-2020-21-assumed-rate-return-loweredDiNapoli: Wall Street Bonuses Slip From 2006 Record
… State and another $630 million for New York City, down only slightly from last year’s level. Tax collections from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2008/01/dinapoli-wall-street-bonuses-slip-2006-recordState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… with balances totaling $10 million. Orleans County – Court and Trust Funds Pursuant to a court order, certain assets may be provided to the court and … Castile – Tax Collection Remittance (Wyoming County) The clerk did not remit collections to the town supervisor and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1Opinion 89-44
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VILLAGE JUSTICE -- Acting Justice (reporting requirement to … COMPTROLLER -- Justice Court Fund (reporting requirements for acting village justices) VILLAGE LAW, §§3-301(2)(a), … ACT, §2021: Acting village justices are required to file a monthly report with the Justice Court Fund of the Office of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-44Opinion 98 - 19
… purchase contract of a fire district is subject to a mandatory referendum. You ask whether an installment … purchase contract of a fire district is subject to mandatory referendum. General Municipal Law, §109-b … political subdivisions, including fire districts, to enter into installment purchase contracts for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-19Opinion 95-29
… LAW, §§198(12), 202-c: The governing board of a town water district may, subject to a mandatory referendum, sell all the property and facilities of the water district to a public authority and dissolve the district. Moneys received from the sale of the property and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-29Opinion 99-3
… contribution to designated charitable organization as memorial in honor of deceased firefighter) INSURANCE LAW, … by the family of a deceased volunteer firefighter, as a memorial in honor of the deceased firefighter, made for the … to make a contribution to a charitable organization as a memorial to a deceased firefighter. Insurance Law, §§9104 and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-3