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Opinion 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-88-53State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… amount of unrestricted fund balance could fully fund over three and a half years of operations at current spending … increased by $771,762 from 2019 to 2024, meaning that real property taxes may have been higher than necessary. The board … 2023. Additionally, the board did not properly establish two capital reserve funds. Spencerport Central School …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Accidental Disability – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… annuities based on those contributions. You must apply for workers’ compensation benefits if you are eligible. Regardless of … disability benefits. The pension payment option election form must be completed by you (the member who is filing), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/accidental-disabilityHoltsville Fire District – Financial Management (2025M-4)
… minutes from 1972 (the year the District was established) mention the reserve funds and balances at the time of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/09/19/holtsville-fire-district-financial-management-2025m-4Opinion 91-56
… Lakes Solid Waste Management Authority (the Authority) is generally governed by title 30 of the Public Authorities … by any political subdivision thereof shall not be deemed a liability for the purposes of this section. (emphasis added) … such a five-year period, it would be essential to define what is meant by "operative" and to apply a test therefor. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-56Opinion 98-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Certiorari Proceedings (timing for return to general fund of excess moneys in school district reserve fund for tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-16Opinion 96-6
… stockholder of the insurance agency, it appears that the only basis for concluding that the supervisor has an … to have an "interest" in the contracts of a corporation only when the municipal officer or employee is a corporate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-6Opinion 88-67
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Legal Services (law partner of village mayor … Whether the appointment of the mayors law partner would result in a prohibited …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-67Opinion 96-9
… 441; see also Aitken v City of Mt. Vernon , 200 AD2d 667, 606 NYS2d 755; 1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-25, p 73; 1984 Opns St Comp No. 84-4, p 4; 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-266-A, p 48). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-9Opinion 95-25
… be made from aid to localities payable during this State fiscal year because the aid is not payable pursuant to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-25Opinion 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 95-20
… v Tomlinson , 106 AD2d 843, 484 NYS2d 242, 243 [3rd Dept., 1984]). In the case just cited, the court concluded …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-20State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Districts Law allows reduced property tax bills for land in agricultural production by limiting the property tax assessment of the land to its prescribed per-acre Agricultural Assessment Value …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 2007-7
… average salary and total service credit. Therefore, the number of days worked by the member, their creditable … 315 directs an employer to report, on a monthly basis, the number of days worked by each member/employee based upon the … a constituent concern about official town business by telephone call at home or direct contact at the grocery store …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-7DiNapoli: Contribute to 529 College Savings Account by Dec. 31 for Tax Benefits
… Savings Program accounts tax deductible* but now lower fees, higher maximum balances and the elimination of the $25 minimum contribution fees make it easier to save for continuing higher education. … age. In addition to the new investment options, program fees were reduced in September. The total asset-based fee for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/dinapoli-contribute-529-college-savings-account-dec-31-tax-benefitsDiNapoli: Amid Federal Funding Uncertainty, State Must Focus on Programs To Aid Seniors
… senior population growing, the state must ensure its own investments are reaching older adults who need help. A … Yorks senior population growing the state must ensure its own investments are reaching older adults who need help …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/08/dinapoli-amid-federal-funding-uncertainty-state-must-focus-programs-aid-seniorsManhasset Union Free School District – Non-Payroll Disbursements (2025M-45)
… – pdf] Audit Objective Did Manhasset Union Free School District (District) officials ensure that non-payroll disbursements were adequately supported, for valid District purposes and properly audited and … While the Board and District officials generally ensured that the nonpayroll …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/09/19/manhasset-union-free-school-district-non-payroll-disbursements-2025m-45Opinion 90-12
… an attorney, does not apply to court orders submitted to a county treasurer under CPLR 2607 for the payment out of moneys paid into court. CPLR 2607 requires a copy of the court order to be certified by the clerk of … intended for some useful purpose ( Travelers' Ins. Co. v Louis Padula Co. , 224 NY 397, reh den 225 NY 638; Anderson v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-12Cost-of-Living Adjustment
… This Year’s COLA Increase The COLA for September 2025 through August 2026 is 1.2 percent. The percentage is … (the total pension payment amount you receive after credits, deductions and taxes) and any other changes to your credits, deductions or taxes. To determine your monthly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/retirees/cost-living-adjustmentOpinion 89-24
… opinion request. Therefore, inasmuch as you represent only the school district of which this individual is a board … member, we will discuss the issue of conflicts of interest only as it relates to this individual's status as a member of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-24