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Opinion 2000-22
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST … For purposes of article 18, a "contract" includes any express or implied claim, account or demand against or … self-interest, partiality or economic impropriety (see, e.g., Zagoreos v Conklin , 109 AD2d 281, 491 NYS2d 358; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-22Opinion 2000-14
… -- Compensation (payments into annuity program) -- Retirement Benefits (payments into annuity program) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (payments into annuity program) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-14Opinion 88-11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … 833, 498 NYS2d 364; Brooklyn Park Comr's v Armstrong , 45 NY 234; Gewirtz v City of Long Beach , 69 Misc 2d 763, 330 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-11State Agencies Bulletin No. 1161
… To inform agencies of new earnings codes and procedures for processing the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 SSU BU21 Deficit … less than $7.36. Background Pursuant to Section 7 of Part A of Chapter 491 of the Laws of 2011 and the Division of the … Calculate and submit a positive D2J transaction when a reduction of the eligible monies included in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1161-2011-2012-and-2012-2013-deficit-reduction-plan-non-arbitration-eligibleOpinion 93-29
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … supra ; Opn No. 82-173, supra ; see also NY Const, article I, §11). There is, however, no statutory requirement that a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-29Opinion 98-20
… opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads (qualification for appointment to) FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Powers and Duties … related to the functions to be performed and is in the best interest of the fire district. You ask whether a … to be performed by members of the squad and is in the best interests of the fire district ( id .; NY Const, art …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 97-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … for this purpose includes: (a) municipal corporations (i.e., town, village, county, city or school district); (b) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-1Opinion 91-63
… (§800, et seq .) contains provisions of law which relate to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees. Pursuant to General Municipal Law, §800(3), a municipal officer or … contract. In addition, an officer or employee is deemed to have an interest in, inter alia , any contract of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63Opinion 92-25
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Powers and Duties (riding on fire vehicles during emergency calls) TOWN LAW, §§176(11), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-25Opinion 96-3
… review services) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §801: A village trustee would have a prohibited interest in a … conflict of interest would arise if a village contracted with either a village trustee individually, or with the firm … or association of which the officer or employee is a member or employee, and in contracts of a corporation of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-3Opinion 96-16
… all the property and facilities of a town water district for the construction of a new town hall. This is in response … whether the town may use the excess proceeds from the sale for the construction of a new town hall if the town board … whether special legislation is necessary to use the moneys for that purpose. Section 198(12)(b) of article 12 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-16Opinion 2002-14
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … opinion. CLAIMS -- Compromise and Settlement (incurrence of reasonable expenses to evaluate appropriateness of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-14Selected Aspects of Leasing Practices for Real Estate Services Department and Port Commerce
… New Jersey has a tracking system that accurately accounts for all its properties, including all leases; whether it has … the development of major infrastructure, a modern port for the harbor shared by the two states, tunnel and bridge … to the world. These facilities provide a global connection for passengers and cargo. WTC – whose core functions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/05/16/selected-aspects-leasing-practices-real-estate-services-department-and-port-commerceDiNapoli Audit Finds Food Inspection Failures at NYC Homeless Shelters
… and city agencies in charge of overseeing food services at homeless shelters in New York City were lax in inspecting them and did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-audit-finds-food-inspection-failures-nyc-homeless-sheltersPreferred Source Contracting
… whether facilitating entities are awarding contracts in a manner that best meets the purpose of the Preferred Source … a network of over 120 contract-holding preferred source member agencies and their private corporate partners, who … the services on its list of preferred source offerings to make it easier for purchasing agencies to determine if the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/28/preferred-source-contractingDiNapoli: State Missing Nearly $2.4 Million in Uncollected Tolls
… The amount of unpaid tolls has risen since the expansion of cashless tolling by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel … audit identifies several ways to improve the collection of unpaid tolls, which is needed to help maintain and repair …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/dinapoli-state-missing-nearly-24-million-uncollected-tollsWestchester Attorney Indicted for Fraud and False Statement Charges Arising From His Attempt to Embezzle From a Decedent's Estate for Which He Was Court-Appointed Administrator
… DiNapoli, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Philip R. Bartlett, … U.S. Postal Inspection Service ("USPIS") announced that a federal grand jury in White Plains, New York, returned an … took advantage of the trust given to him by his client, when instead of doing the right thing, he created a company …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/westchester-attorney-indicted-fraud-and-false-statement-charges-arising-his-attempt-embezzleOpinion 88-57
… Opns St Comp, 1968, p 728; 8 Opns St Comp, 1952, p 281; NY Const, Art I, §11; US Const, 14th Amendment). … , 28 NY2d 74, 320 NYS2d 25; Town Board of the Town of Poughkeepsie v City of Poughkeepsie , 22 AD2d 270, 255 NYS2d 549). Generally, this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-57IX.8.D Electronic Refund Payments to the U.S. HHS – IX. Federal Grants
… funds to the US HHS due to: Excessive cash balances on deposit that are not needed for program purposes; Unspent … system. If the award is open in the PMS, and OSC draws on your behalf, this return will be processed through PMS, … a refund check was deposited via Refund of Appropriation (ROA) OR the corresponding chartstring where expenditures have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-ix/ix8d-electronic-refund-payments-us-hhsOpinion 88-7
… been raised by assessments, the current fiscal year's debt service should be paid from the moneys raised therefor … in the case of counties, cities other than the City of New York, villages and city school districts, General Municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-7