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Opinion 96 - 14
… LAW, §6304(6); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§801, 802(2)(e): A member of the board of trustees of a community college would have a conflict of interest … store owned by the trustee and the sum of the purchases plus the consideration under other contracts with the college …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-14XIV.9 Statewide Financial System Imaging and Attachment Guidance – XIV. Special Procedures
… This section provides agencies with an overview of the Imaging and Attachment feature of the Statewide Financial … Specifically, this section discusses document collection, imaging, verifying, and attaching. It also discusses handling … regulations; and Documents pertaining to land claims. IMAGING AND ATTACHING DOCUMENTS Imaging should be integrated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv9-statewide-financial-system-imaging-and-attachment-guidanceOther Bulletin No. 87
… Fund with instructions for processing the April 2026 SCF CSEA LLS payment and eligibility changes due to the … Fund’s Board Resolution AD-8 authorizes the 2021-2026 Memorandum of Agreement between the State University … Fund and CSEA which provides for payment of the 2026 Longevity Payment in April 2026 as a one-time, lump sum …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-87-april-2026-state-university-construction-fund-scf-civilState Agencies Bulletin No. 1101
… PEF Deficit Reduction Plan. Affected Employees Employees in bargaining unit 05 – Professional, Scientific and … Set up of the D1P/D1T Additional Pay Record - OSC In Institution Pay Period 15L/16C and Administration Pay … who meet ALL of the following criteria: Employee is in an eligible bargaining unit as defined above on the last …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1101-2011-2012-deficit-reduction-plan-employees-represented-public-employeesState Police Bulletin No. SP-252
… Employees: Employees of the Division of State Police in the State Police Troopers Unit (Troopers Unit) – BU07 and … three percent (3.00%) increase to the general salary in April 2023, April 2024 and April 2025 for Troopers in Bargaining Unit 07 and Commissioned/Non-Commissioned …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-252-april-2023-april-2024-and-april-2025-retroactive-salary-increases-stateOpinion 89-18
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Conferences … TAX LAW, §§310, 318; STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1: In the absence of express statutory authority, a town may not … indicate that the chairman of the board of assessors has, in fact, been reimbursed for lost wages in connection with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18State Police Bulletin No. SP-251
… retroactively to April 2023, 2024, and 2025 for Troopers in Bargaining Unit 07 and Commissioned/Non-Commissioned Officers in Bargaining Unit 17. Effective Dates: The retroactive … Supplemental Location Pay, and Expanded Duty Employees in Bargaining Unit 07 or Bargaining Unit 17 who have a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-251-april-2023-2024-and-2025-retroactive-increases-location-pay-longevityOpinion 90-24
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Powers and … shall be vested with the powers and duties prescribed in sections 57.00, 58.00, 59.00, 60.00, 62.00 and 63.00 of … of such powers and duties to the chief fiscal officer or, in the case of school districts, to the clerk of the school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-24Opinion 89-5
Whether a county clerk may charge additional fees for the filing of a notice of pendency if the notice affects more than one parcel of real property
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-5Opinion 89-62
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Elections (signing multiple … days prior to the date of such fire district elections and in addition may provide by resolution that such nominations be submitted in petition form subscribed by twenty-five qualified voters …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Opinion 2002-14
… such an investigation incidentally may benefit a private party. This is in reply to your inquiry concerning a village … because it may confer an incidental benefit on a private party (see, e.g., Murphy v Erie County , 28 NY2d 80, 320 … provide some benefit to the claimant or other private party. 1 There would be no gift in violation of Article VIII, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-14Opinion 2000-12
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Codes of Ethics … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§801, 806: There is no provision in article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§800 et seq.) … Municipal Law §806, however, a town board may require in its code of ethics that town board members abstain from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12DiNapoli Warns of ‘Triple Threat’ of Fiscal Risks
… said. "Any federal funding reductions not already assumed in the Financial Plan could force difficult decisions … Plan projection, released by the Division of the Budget in August, and $3 billion lower than the balance from a year … of which largely reflected monetary settlement receipts in recent years. The most recent Financial Plan projected a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-warns-triple-threat-fiscal-risksSelected Aspects of Leasing Practices for Real Estate Services Department and Port Commerce
… Objective To determine whether the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has a tracking system that … whether it has followed required procedures in the leasing of its properties. This audit covered the period January 1, … August 9, 2018. About the Program The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) was established in 1921 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/05/16/selected-aspects-leasing-practices-real-estate-services-department-and-port-commerceDiNapoli: NYC Retail Sector Battered by Pandemic
… was a bleak year for brick and mortar retailers, and the holiday season's tepid start as infection rates rise may push … DiNapoli said. “Stores do not have the usual crowds this holiday season and many people are buying online, if they … owners, and offers some support for retailers during the holiday season. DiNapoli’s report noted that brick-and-mortar …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-nyc-retail-sector-battered-pandemicDiNapoli: Audit Finds OMH Needs To Improve Oversight of Supportive Housing Providers To Ensure Safety and Well-Being of Vulnerable New Yorkers
… New York’s Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) has not … OMH serves as the lead procurement agency for ESSHI. “The Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative was created to … in use. Audit Office of Mental Health: Controls Over the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-audit-finds-omh-needs-improve-oversight-supportive-housing-providers-ensure-safety-and-wellDiNapoli: Audits Find Certain IDAs Lack Job Creation Data
… contract agreements. DiNapoli’s office audited the IDAs in Cattaraugus County , Orleans County , Oswego County , … and Schuyler County . The IDAs responses are included in the audit reports. “These audits highlighted what is both right and wrong with IDAs in our state,” said DiNapoli. “Too many communities are left …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-audits-find-certain-idas-lack-job-creation-dataState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Sept. 12, 2017, SIR did not have written preventive maintenance procedures for security equipment installed at … In October 2007, the MTA started a project to improve customer security. There were significant delays that … Transit unit’s security equipment’s scheduled preventive maintenance activities were performed. For example, auditors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsVII.2 Miscellaneous Receipts / Accounts Receivable Receipts Overview – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… are recorded through the Accounts Receivable (AR) module in the Statewide Financial System (SFS) after a deposit is … The following types of cash receipts should be recorded in the SFS as an AR Deposit in the AR module: Agency operations – receipts agencies are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-vii/vii2-miscellaneous-receipts-accounts-receivable-receipts-overviewDivision of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-118
… not automatically processed. Affected Employees: Employees in the DC 37 Rent Regulation Services Unit – BU67 with an … effective April 2022 as a one-time, lump sum payment in the amount of $1,500, $3,000, or $4,500. Longevity … Payment is effective 04/01/2022 and will be processed in separate paychecks dated 04/27/2022 (Administration Pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-118-april-2022-district-council-37-dc-37-rent-regulation