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New Yorkers in Need: The Housing Insecurity Crisis
… the State must greatly enhance reporting around resources allocated for housing, targets and goals for spending, … local government should conduct a review of local zoning rules, which would allow communities an opportunity for a … for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2023, $3.2 billion was allocated for vouchers in New York, including $2 billion for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorkers-need-housing-insecurity-crisisOpinion 89-53
… firemen, holding that paid firemen are entitled to a pro rata share of the proceeds of the foreign fire insurance … the paid and volunteer firemen to be made "strictly on a pro rata basis from their active membership rosters" (115 … single [fire] department are to share in the funds on a pro rata basis..." (115 AD2d at 113, 114, 494 NYS2d at 920). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53DiNapoli: Lack of Oversight Delayed Access to Emergency Home Repairs for Elderly New Yorkers
… (HCR) lax oversight of the Residential Emergency Services to Offer Home Repairs to the Elderly (RESTORE) program contributed to delays in urgent home repairs for seniors. The audit found …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-lack-oversight-delayed-access-emergency-home-repairs-elderly-new-yorkersOpinion 93-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … ". . . municipal corporations and districts shall have power to enter into, award, cancel and terminate agreements … In reaching the above conclusion, we are mindful that the Attorney General in Opn No. I 89-26 has concluded that a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-6Opinion 99-16
… interest in the collateral. In addition, subdivision 3 states that "[s]uch agreement may also contain such other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-16Signal Maintenance, Inspections, and Testing
… 2,345 devices that were on the Signal Device Master List but were not inspected by a Supervisor during this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/10/17/signal-maintenance-inspections-and-testingDiNapoli: Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections Slowed in 2024
… Local government sales tax collections in New York state totaled $23.4 billion in calendar year 2024, an increase of 1.6% or $376 million … the Great Recession. “New York’s local governments rely on sales tax collections to support essential services in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-growth-local-sales-tax-collections-slowed-2024Greenburgh Central School District – Tax Certiorari Reserve (2023M-163)
… to support the amounts in the tax certiorari reserve fund are maintained and the annual report of all reserve funds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/08/30/greenburgh-central-school-district-tax-certiorari-reserve-2023m-163State Agencies Bulletin No. 328
… to the upgraded version must be renamed. While the upgrade is not scheduled until next year, agencies must begin … for the new naming conventions and instructions on how to rename queries. PS Query Testing Assistance for … used Public query is renamed, tested and converted, it will not be necessary to rename the Private copies of that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/328-renaming-ps-queries-preparation-upgradeOpinion 96-7
… opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (advertising to recruit volunteer firefighters) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- … fire districts may enter into a cooperation agreement to implement an advertising campaign for the purpose of … or any other equitable method or formula as agreed to by the parties to the agreement. You ask whether several …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-7Opinion 93-30
… cost incurred by a village in transporting an individual from a village justice court to a county jail, after the … to be reimbursed ( Village of Walden , supra ; 33 Opns St Comp, 1977, p 126; see City of Newburgh , supra ; City of … concerned post-arraignment transportation of prisoners from village justice courts to the county jail. In that case, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-30The 80/20 Housing Program
… information. While the Program requires all applicants and adult family members to sign consent forms authorizing … of Interest Affordable Housing Corporation: Affordable Home Ownership Development Program ( 2013-S-31) New York City …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/05/31/8020-housing-programDiNapoli: DOH Needs to Step Up Enforcement of Patient Safety Violations
… The State Department of Health (DOH) has failed to hold accountable certain health care providers including hospitals, nursing homes and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/dinapoli-doh-needs-step-enforcement-patient-safety-violationsOpinion 97-18
… sale of real property of a county sewer district) COUNTY LAW, §§215(5), (6); 275: Pursuant to County Law, §215, real … the purposes of the district (County Law, §263). No general provision is made in Article 5-A for the sale of the … on the sale of county property (see McCabe v Voorhis , 243 NY 401; Mills v Sweeney , 219 NY 213; Citizens For An Orderly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-18DiNapoli: Preschool Special Education Provider Received Nearly $6 Million for Ineligible Expenses
… costs it reports to the state. It also runs a private day care, and early intervention and universal Pre-K programs … students. It was also a member of the eight-member Young Adult Institute Network, which also included YAI and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/dinapoli-preschool-special-education-provider-received-nearly-6-million-ineligible-expensesOpinion 88-70
… are neither permitted nor required by statute are improper and without effect, and that municipal moneys may not be expended for such … lease of city real property; Municipal Home Rule Law, §§23 and 24, requiring mandatory or permissive referenda, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-70Opinion 92-11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11DiNapoli: New York on Stronger Financial Footing
… New York state ended the 2013-14 fiscal year in the strongest fiscal … report on the recently enacted state budget released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Still, the $143 … largely been curtailed, such as distributing large sums of money outside of the budget process, have once again appeared …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-new-york-stronger-financial-footingOpinion 90-47
… discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Legal Expenses (reimbursement of private legal fees when town official sued both individually and officially) SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS -- Legal Expenses (recovery of private legal fees when sued both …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-47Opinion 98-20
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads (qualification for appointment to) FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Powers and Duties … any requirement for training as provided by any general or local law (see, e.g., Criminal Procedures Law, §§2.10[41], …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20