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Opinion 88-78
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Contract for (additional protection by … -- Police Chief (necessity for in village) -- Police Department (abolishment of in village); (necessity of if …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-78Wheelerville Union Free School District – Unused IT Asset Inventory (2022M-2)
… inventories. Officials stored unused IT assets in an unsecured area and an unlocked cabinet in a classroom and did not track or monitor who accessed the equipment. We also observed obsolete unused IT equipment that had not been sanitized of data prior to storage. We were unable to identify 354 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/05/27/wheelerville-union-free-school-district-unused-it-asset-inventory-2022m-2State Agencies Bulletin No. 2160
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with … Affected Employees: Employees who receive Employer paid and/or Union (PEF and/or CSEA) paid qualified Educational … under an Educational Assistance program is excluded from taxable wages. Amounts in excess of $5,250 must be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2160-educational-assistance-benefits-2023State Agencies Bulletin No. 2064
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with … Affected Employees Employees who receive Employer paid and/or Union (PEF and/or CSEA) paid qualified Educational … under an Educational Assistance program is excluded from taxable wages. Amounts in excess of $5,250 must be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2064-educational-assistance-benefits-2022State Agencies Bulletin No. 2277
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agencies with instructions for processing taxable … affected. Per IRS Publication 15-B, Employer’s Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits , the first $5,250 of Educational Assistance provided to an employee under an Educational Assistance program is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2277-educational-assistance-benefits-2024Opinion 88-53
… for working vacations from calculation of final average salary) RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, §§302(9)(d), 431: … includable in the calculation of one year final average salary. You ask whether compensation paid to police officers … agreement indicate that a purpose for the benefit is to increase the member's final average salary. Common examples …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-53DiNapoli: School Districts Need to Improve Oversight of Technology Equipment
… selected 1,155 IT assets to confirm they were inventoried in school districts’ records and selected 945 of these to see … Auditors found 15% of the sampled assets were not included in the districts’ inventories. From the inventory records … damaged. Auditors found computers and other items stored in unlocked rooms, hallways or in areas at risk of, or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-school-districts-need-improve-oversight-technology-equipmentState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… state's 140,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: DOH Needs to Step Up Enforcement of Patient Safety Violations
… health care providers including hospitals, nursing homes and individual nurses, for patient safety violations and use its power under the law … public access to this information. DOH is responsible for ensuring civil violations of state health law are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/03/dinapoli-doh-needs-step-enforcement-patient-safety-violationsOpinion 98-12
… the opinion. CITIES -- Powers and Duties (commingling of city and dependent school district moneys); (use of city and dependent school … thousand inhabitants or more and the moneys of the city school district of such a city may be commingled in one …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-12Opinion 88-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … is the declining balance method ( see Shepard v. City of New York , 216 NY 251, 110 NE 435; Haffey v. Lynch , 193 NY 67, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-16Compliance With Executive Order 95 (Open Data)
… with Executive Order 95 (EO 95), including providing, in a timely manner, publishable State data to the Office of … publishable State data and make such data freely available in accessible formats for public use. As of March 2021, there … is responsible for managing water, land, and air pollution in order to enhance the health, safety, and welfare of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/05/27/compliance-executive-order-95-open-dataLabor Investigations in New York City
… is adequately conducting labor violation investigations in New York City. The audit covered the period from January 2019 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/01/31/labor-investigations-new-york-cityDivorce – State Police Plan
… your ex-spouse as beneficiary of any pre-retirement death benefit payable. You may be required to elect a pension payment option that provides a continuing benefit to your ex-spouse when you die. Your ex-spouse may be … of your divorce decree. NYSLRS offers an easy-to-complete, online DRO template . You don’t have to use the template, but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/divorceWho to Report – Enhanced Reporting
… chose not to join NYSLRS; Retirees (from any of the eight public retirement systems in New York State) working for you … 212 of the Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL); and Public retirees you have hired as contractors or consultants, … contractors or consultants working for you. They are not public employees and are not eligible to join NYSLRS. To …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/enhanced-reporting/who-to-reportState Agencies Bulletin No. 1820
… Employees with line number changes reported in the New York State Electronic Personnel System (NYSTEP) are affected. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1820-reporting-line-number-and-budget-year-changes-fiscal-year-2020-2021Mitchell Lama Applicants Charged $200 for Virtually No Chance of Apartment in Their Lifetime
… created a risk that application fees could be misused. “My office has conducted several audits of the Mitchell Lama …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/mitchell-lama-applicants-charged-200-virtually-no-chance-apartment-their-lifetimePhotos: State Comptroller DiNapoli Visits Wyoming County Farm
Earlier today State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli toured Silver Meadows Farm in Wyoming County to help highlight New Yorks agriculture industry
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/photos-state-comptroller-dinapoli-visits-wyoming-county-farmOpinion 2001-1
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (authority to pay overtime compensation in excess of Fair Labor Standards Act minimum requirements) … OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (overtime pay in excess of Fair Labor Standards Act minimum requirements) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-1Overtime Limits for Tier 6
… Security Law limits the amount of overtime pay included in the calculation of your final average earnings (FAE) , … 2/25 … For Tier 6 members the amount of overtime included in the calculation of your final average earnings which is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/overtime-limits-tier-6