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Opinion 2005-1
… to your inquiry concerning the provision of emergency medical service in a town. You indicate that the town … not-for profit organization for the provision of emergency medical service to town residents. Pursuant to the contract, … users for this service. You ask: (1) whether the emergency medical services provider (the “provider”) may retain as its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-1Opinion 96 - 14
… in any contract with his or her municipality if he or she receives a direct or indirect pecuniary or material … of a firm, partnership or association of which he or she is a member or employee, and in the contracts of a … the contract or approve payments thereunder; (b) audit bills or claims under the contract; or (c) appoint an officer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-14XIV.9 Statewide Financial System Imaging and Attachment Guidance – XIV. Special Procedures
… Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) requirements related to this feature. Specifically, this section discusses … with attachment capability. Online agencies are required to use the attachment feature in the SFS to store electronic documents in support of transactions …
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 … for the April 2026 SCF CSEA LLS payment during 2026-2027: Leave of Absence/Preferred List on 03/31/2026: An …
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
To inform agencies of new earnings codes and procedures for processing the 20112012 PEF Deficit Reduction Plan
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
… bulletin is to inform the Division of State Police of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2023, April 2024, and … more of the following messages which identifies the reason(s) the employee’s record will not be updated: Position and … Adjustment When an adjustment is needed for overtime or recall such as Out of Title Overtime (Earnings Code …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-252-april-2023-april-2024-and-april-2025-retroactive-salary-increases-stateOpinion 90-24
… to Local Finance Law, §56.00, delegate to the chief fiscal officer of the municipality the board's power to hire bond … the authority to hire bond attorneys to the chief fiscal officer of the municipality. Section 56.00 of the Local … mechanics of the sale and issuance. Bond counsel is often involved in all phases of debt issuance and advises the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-24Opinion 89-5
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … discussed in the opinion. COUNTY CLERK -- Fees (for notice of pendency affecting more than one parcel) ACTIONS AND … a county clerk may charge additional fees for the filing of a notice of pendency if the notice affects more than one …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-5Opinion 89-62
… among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … (signing multiple nominating petitions) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Mode of Selection (signing multiple … by resolution that such nominations be submitted in petition form subscribed by twenty-five qualified voters of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62Opinion 2002-14
… 187; Reynolds v Village of Nyack , 258 AD 667, 17 NYS2d 714). In undertaking the necessary investigation, it is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-14Opinion 2000-12
… (abstention from voting on salaries of relatives) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§801, 806: There is no provision in article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§800 et seq.) that prohibits a town board … Law §806, however, a town board may require in its code of ethics that town board members abstain from voting on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12DiNapoli Warns of ‘Triple Threat’ of Fiscal Risks
… tax collections and cuts to federal programs combine for a triple threat of budgetary risks," DiNapoli said. "Any … released by the Division of the Budget in August, and $3 billion lower than the balance from a year earlier, both of … revenues, bond proceeds and monetary settlements, totaled $12.4 billion through Sept. 30, representing an increase of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-warns-triple-threat-fiscal-risksDiNapoli: Audits Find Certain IDAs Lack Job Creation Data
… Thomas P. DiNapoli have revealed a number of local Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) do not verify if businesses receiving tax breaks are actually meeting job creation goals. These same IDAs are unable to … tax exemptions in 2012. To read the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency report, visit: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-audits-find-certain-idas-lack-job-creation-dataState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… finding that they had incorporated certain features of COOP best practices. However, auditors identified some …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: Audit Finds OMH Needs To Improve Oversight of Supportive Housing Providers To Ensure Safety and Well-Being of Vulnerable New Yorkers
… months and prompted by the audit, the provider located the resident in a rehabilitation facility following a hospital … stay. In the second case, staff hadn’t made contact with a resident for four months. The resident eventually contacted Federation officials but their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-audit-finds-omh-needs-improve-oversight-supportive-housing-providers-ensure-safety-and-wellDiNapoli: NYC Retail Sector Battered by Pandemic
… (25 percent), Black and African American (22 percent) and Asian (19 percent). By March 22, when New York’s statewide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-nyc-retail-sector-battered-pandemicVII.2 Miscellaneous Receipts / Accounts Receivable Receipts Overview – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… of State Accounting Operations (BSAO). See Section 2.A – Direct Journal Payment of this Chapter. Payment … receive final approval in SFS by OSC-BSAO. See Section 2.B – Payment Worksheet of this Chapter. Transfer … Deposit Approval Status Agencies can use the Joint Custody Dep to Be Appr tile under the AR Pmt Processing page in SFS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-vii/vii2-miscellaneous-receipts-accounts-receivable-receipts-overviewOpinion 89-18
… for wages lost from his or her regular job while attending courses of training required of assessors. A town is entitled … all appointed assessors must complete additional courses in a continuing training and education program … commencement of this term, in satisfactorily completing courses of training as required by this title or as approved …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18State Police Bulletin No. SP-251
… not processed automatically. Affected Employees: All State Police Troopers (BU07) and … 2025 implements the 2023-2026 Agreement between New York State and the Police Benevolent Association of the New York … LGC = Refer to April 1, 2023, amounts in the above chart in Eligibility Criteria LPO = $1,807 SPL = …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-251-april-2023-2024-and-2025-retroactive-increases-location-pay-longevityOpinion 88-11
… issues discussed in the opinion. PARKS AND RECREATION -- Park Land (conveyance of lands subject to reversionary … use had been abandoned by the city (see also Matter of Central Parkway , 140 Misc 727, 251 NYS 577; cf . Stillwell v … in light of the holding in Board of Education of Central School Dist. No. 1 v Miles , 15 NY2d 364, 259 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-11