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Federal Funds To New York City: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
TANF funding is expected to be the City’s largest source of direct federal funding in fiscal year (FY) 2025, at about $2 billion, with more than half allocated to the Department of Social Services (DSS).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/federal-funds-to-nyc-temporary-assistance-for-needy-families.pdfFederal Funds to New York City: A Review of Categorical Grants Combined
The federal administration has ordered freezes, pauses, and reviews of federal assistance funding to identify grant programs which are implicated by the President’s recent executive actions and could be subject to reduction or elimination.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/federal-funds-to-nyc--a-review-of-categorical-grants.pdfOpinion 91-42
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … moneys belonging to the village. A village fire department is a corporation consisting of the members of all the fire, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-42Opinion 93-11
… pursuant to law, in ascertaining the powers of [a] county, city, town, village, school district or fire district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-11DiNapoli: Former Mahopac VFD Treasurer Sentenced After $5.6 Million Embezzlement
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL KLEIN, the former treasurer of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-former-mahopac-vfd-treasurer-sentenced-after-56-million-embezzlementOpinion 94-9
… section 70-a, if read literally, would allow a newspaper falling within the exception to submit a claim only if it has … to designate as its official newspaper a publication falling within the exception under General Construction Law, … services. Therefore, it is our opinion that a publication falling within the exception and designated as a county …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-9Opinion 88-17
… municipality may compel subdivider to dedicate park land) GENERAL CITY LAW, §§33,34; TOWN LAW, §§277(1), 278; … of a subdivision plat, to compel dedication of park land in the subdivision without compensation. 34 Opns St … Comp, 1978, p 154, with regard to the dedication of park land in a subdivision, still represent the position of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-17Opinion 99-10
… useful life" of energy facilities or equipment subject to an energy performance contract, for purposes of Energy … which the facilities or equipment are reasonably expected to be useful and is not necessarily equated to the period of probable usefulness prescribed in Local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-10Opinion 98-13
… watershed agreement, these moneys are to be used only to pay for certain designated capital costs. Initially, we note …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-13Opinion 88-1
… U.S. Postal Service is an agency of the federal government for purposes of this section. GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §72-h; … a particular parcel of village property is unneeded for village purposes is a question of fact. This is in reply … whether the parking lot may be determined to be unneeded for village purposes if the proceeds from the sale of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-1Opinion 94-30
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … to your inquiry regarding payments made to New York State by your county clerk pursuant to section 8018(a) of the Civil …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-30Opinion 90-38
… 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-90-38Opinion 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 91-62
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … thereto for village purposes. You state that the village is wholly contained within the school district and that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-62Comptroller DiNapoli Calls on Major Corporations to Report on Disability Inclusion
… Apple, McDonald’s, Nike and Twentieth Century Fox, to report on their inclusion of people with disabilities … “We want the companies our pension fund invests in to be desirable places to work for everyone,” DiNapoli said. “Studies have shown …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/comptroller-dinapoli-calls-major-corporations-report-disability-inclusionDiNapoli: School District Tax Levy Cap to Remain at Two Percent
… school districts will be capped at 2 percent, according to data released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … starting July 1, 2019 including the “Big Four” cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers. The tax cap, which first applied to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/dinapoli-school-district-tax-levy-cap-remain-two-percentDiNapoli: Health Departments Need to Clean Up Act on Food Safety
… explaining why violators are not being punished, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … enforcement actions whatsoever,” DiNapoli said. “According to federal authorities, one in six Americans contracts a … illness every year from eating establishments. Failing to hold those with serious violations accountable could be a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/dinapoli-health-departments-need-clean-act-food-safetyHamburg Recreation Worker Sentenced to Jail and Probation for Stealing $156K
… of Hamburg’s recreation attendant was sentenced today to three months of weekends in jail and five years of … money from village fees, then altered public records to conceal her crime, according to State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Erie County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/03/hamburg-recreation-worker-sentenced-jail-and-probation-stealing-156kHealth Department Needs to Step-Up Oversight of Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
… The state Department of Health (DOH) needs to improve its monitoring of New York’s Lead Poisoning … “Lead poisoning poses a major health risk to children and can cause anemia, hearing loss, lower IQs or even death,” … department needs to make sure all lead-poisoned children get the services they need.” DOH is responsible for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/health-department-needs-step-oversight-lead-poisoning-prevention-programFacility Oversight and Timeliness of Response to Complaints and Inmate Grievances
… facilities and for responding timely to complaints and inmate grievances. Our audit scope covers the period January … the State and the timely response to complaints and inmate grievances. The Commission receives more than 4,000 complaints and inmate grievances annually. The Commission employs three …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/01/19/facility-oversight-and-timeliness-response-complaints-and-inmate-grievances