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DiNapoli: Audits Find Certain IDAs Lack Job Creation Data
… if businesses receiving tax breaks are actually meeting job creation goals. These same IDAs are unable to recover … aided by the IDA and found only one business met its job creation goal while five others failed to reach their … such as tax exemptions from companies that failed to meet job creation goals. Officials did not adequately monitor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-audits-find-certain-idas-lack-job-creation-dataOpinion 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-2000-12Opinion 89-62
… nominating petitions for fire district office) ELECTION LAW, §6-138; TOWN LAW, §176(7): A qualified voter is not prohibited from … is governed by subdivision 7 of section 176 of the Town Law which states that the board of fire commissioners: Shall …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Opinion 90-24
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Powers and Duties (delegation of authority … the board's power to hire bond counsel. 12 Opns St Comp, 1956, p 68 is hereby superseded. You have asked …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-24Opinion 89-5
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTY CLERK -- Fees (for notice of pendency affecting more … York, and the additional block fees provided for in the Nassau County administrative code (see, CPLR, §8019[a]), the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-5State Agencies Bulletin No. 1161
… Reduction Plans will be processed in Administration Pay Period 5L, checks dated 06/20/2012 and Institution Pay Period 5L, checks dated 06/28/2012. Attachment A provides … (Administration) The D1J Time Entry record will be created as follows: Earnings Begin Date: 03/07/2012 (Institution) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1161-2011-2012-and-2012-2013-deficit-reduction-plan-non-arbitration-eligibleState Agencies Bulletin No. 2125
… the State of New York and Chapter 361 of the Laws of 2022, which implements the 2021-2026 Agreement between the State of New York and CSEA, … the most current agency of the Employee Record Number in which the payment was made. Agency Actions Beginning in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2125-new-temporary-compensation-payment-certain-employees-represented-civilOther Bulletin No. 57
… listing should be submitted on the Correction Sheet. The form may be duplicated if additional copies are needed. Add … 428 Dependent Care 433 Total Unemployment Ins Owed 442 Pre-Tax Adoption 500 Medicare Deficiency 501 Social Security Deficiency 502 NYS SS/Medicare Deficiency 673 SUNY ORP Before Tax Arrears …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-57-april-2020-state-university-construction-fund-scfCUNY Bulletin No. CU-674
… with a new Report of Check Exchange. Questions Questions about eligibility for Professional Staff Congress increases …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-674-2018-2020-professional-staff-congress-psc-retroactiveSUNY Bulletin No. SU-189
… Pay page when the Position Change is inserted on the Jo Data page. For earnings on the Additional Pay page, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/sp-189-restoration-contract-pay-and-additional-pay-suny-21pXIV.9 Statewide Financial System Imaging and Attachment Guidance – XIV. Special Procedures
… information, agencies should review OSC regulation (2 CRR-NY 6.2) to ensure invoices provide an acceptable level of … order Before posting only Before Posting or before Direct Journal is approved Who can attach a document? Anyone …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv9-statewide-financial-system-imaging-and-attachment-guidanceOpinion 96 - 14
… the purchases plus the consideration under other contracts with the college in which the trustee has an interest exceeds … officer or employee has an "interest" in any contract with his or her municipality if he or she receives a direct … or implied claim, account or demand against or agreement with a municipality (General Municipal Law, §800[2]). Unless …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-14Opinion 2005-1
… considering charging a fee to users for this service. You ask: (1) whether the emergency medical services provider (the … are imposed by the town and, therefore, in the absence of anything to the contrary in section 122-b, constitute town … of civil actions. We also believe that in determining how to proceed, the town may take into consideration an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-1Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency and Valley Stream Union Free School District 30 – Green Acres Mall PILOT Payments (2017M-233)
… Acres payments-in-lieu of taxes (PILOTs) and the 2016-17 tax levy and for the period January 1, 2014 through June 30, … developed policies and procedures assessing the indirect tax impact of PILOTs. District 30 officials underestimated … an unnecessary increase to class 1 (residential) 2016-17 tax rates. Key Recommendations Develop additional policies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2017/12/19/town-hempstead-industrial-development-agency-and-valleyCortland County – Public Water Supplies (2016M-318)
… May 13, 2016. Background Cortland County is located in the southern tier of New York State and has a population … Officials did not issue notices of violations (NOV) to PWS in three of 13 instances when operators failed to comply with … reviews of the operators’ monthly operating reports (MOR). In addition, violations identified in completed surveys were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2017/01/06/cortland-county-public-water-supplies-2016m-318Westchester County - Financial Condition (2018M-151)
… over the past five years that were underbudgeted for in the 2015 and 2017 annual budgets. The general fund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2018/10/23/westchester-county-financial-condition-2018m-151Spencer Volunteer Fire Company – Apparent Misappropriation of Funds (2015M-114)
… Background The Spencer Volunteer Fire Company is located in the Village of Spencer, Tioga County, and is associated … Spencer, is governed by a three-member Board of Trustees. In 2014, the Company received $29,400 in receipts and made $11,900 in disbursements. Key Findings …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2015/10/09/spencer-volunteer-fire-company-apparent-misappropriation-fundsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1526
… the data: Treat the EmplID as a confidential identifier Do not publish the NYS EmplID on training rosters or sign in sheets that others can see Do not use the NYS EmplID as an ID or a password in any online systems Do not leave printouts with employee data on a shared printer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1526-use-new-york-state-employee-id-new-york-state-payroll-systemTown of Stony Point – Budget Review (B6-13-15)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our budget review was to determine whether the significant revenue and expenditure … in Rockland County, issued debt totaling $1,500,000 to liquidate the accumulated deficit in the Town’s general, … complies with the tax levy limit. Key Recommendation Do not use non-recurring revenues to fund recurring operating …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/10/15/town-stony-point-budget-review-b6-13-15Town of Guilford – Budgeting (2023M-144)
… budgets that planned for using $228,000 of fund balance to offset projected operating deficits in the general fund. … limit, per the Town’s policy, ranging from $464,000 to $709,000 in the general fund and $168,000 to $225,000 in the highway fund. Key Recommendations Adopt …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/03/08/town-guilford-budgeting-2023m-144