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Opinion 88-11
… issues discussed in the opinion. PARKS AND RECREATION -- Park Land (conveyance of lands subject to reversionary interest) VILLAGE LAW, §1-102(1): When land is conveyed to a village for use as a park, subject to a private reversionary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-11Opinion 2000-22
… to his or her municipal position. This exception, however, does not apply to renewals of any such contract. Here, should … that the agreement between the town and the law firm does not violate the common law prohibition against binding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-22Opinion 2000-14
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS -- … and Social Security Law §§113 or 470, from agreeing in a collective bargaining agreement with its teachers to … … exactly the same as if payments were made in the form of wages …" (89 Misc 2d at 265, 390 NYS2d at 787). In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-14State Agencies Bulletin No. 1161
… processing the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 SSU BU21 Deficit Reduction Plan Affected Employees Employees in Bargaining … Services Unit (SSU). The 2011-2012 SSU BU21 Deficit Reduction Plan excludes employees with an hourly rate less than $7.39. The 2012-2013 SSU BU21 Deficit Reduction Plan excludes employees with an hourly rate less …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1161-2011-2012-and-2012-2013-deficit-reduction-plan-non-arbitration-eligibleDiNapoli Audit Finds Food Inspection Failures at NYC Homeless Shelters
… Thomas P. DiNapoli. "When you get a hot meal at a homeless shelter, it should not come with a health warning," DiNapoli … programs. The office certifies and oversees larger scale shelter facilities and is responsible for inspecting them and … only 59 percent (79 out of a required 135) of food inspections from 2015 through 2017 were completed. Auditors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-audit-finds-food-inspection-failures-nyc-homeless-sheltersWestchester 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
… District of New York and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal … Service ("USPIS") announced that a federal grand jury in White Plains, New York, returned an Indictment yesterday … GUY PARISI, a Westchester attorney, with conspiracy, mail fraud and false statements. These charges arise from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/08/westchester-attorney-indicted-fraud-and-false-statement-charges-arising-his-attempt-embezzleDiNapoli: State Missing Nearly $2.4 Million in Uncollected Tolls
… collection for a variety of reasons, including license plate images that could not be processed and an inability to … (and document such actions) to obtain temporary license plate registration information from out-of-state DMVs. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/dinapoli-state-missing-nearly-24-million-uncollected-tollsOpinion 89-36
… 34.00 (cities), 35.00 (towns) and 36.00 (villages). In the case of towns and villages, sections 35.00(b), and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-36Opinion 88-57
… rates may include a classification under which low income senior citizens are charged at a reduced rate) CONSTITUTIONAL … of water rates including a classification under which senior citizens meeting certain income criteria are charged … may establish a schedule of water rates under which senior citizens who meet certain income criteria are charged …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-57Opinion 88-7
… pay debt service. It should be noted, however, that in the case of counties, cities other than the City of New York, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-7Opinion 92-25
… have discretion to determine whether the commissioner's presence in any particular vehicle would hamper firefighting … injured while riding the apparatus). In our opinion, the presence of the fire commissioner on a fire vehicle … 176(11) and 176-a. Further, the fire commissioner's mere presence, in our opinion, would not necessarily interfere …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-25Opinion 96-3
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … (Village Law, §§1-102, 4-412, 5-524). Article 18 contains no exception for contracts let pursuant to competitive … under General Municipal Law, §104-b (see 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-113, p 116; cf . Public Officers Law, §73[4][a], …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-3Opinion 96-16
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … and town taxes (Town Law, §198[12][e]). There is, however, no authority in section 198 for the town board, irrespective … e.g., McCabe v Voorhis , 243 NY 401; 1990 Opns St Comp No. 90-64, p 145, relating to the general rule that a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-16Opinion 97-1
… past liability in accordance with the local law providing for the experience rating, or the county's rules and … St Comp No. 79-732, unreported). A "public corporation" for this purpose includes: (a) municipal corporations (i.e., … valuation. In addition, a county may provide by local law for the operation of the plan on an experience rating basis, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-1Opinion 98-20
… may not include training requirements inconsistent with the provision of General Municipal Law, §209-c which, as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 91-63
… who resides with president and owner of hardware store) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §801: A town councilman who resides with the owner and president of a hardware store and maintains office space in the same building in which the store is located, but has no relationship with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63Opinion 93-29
… the village, without regard to whether the newspaper is published within the village. You ask whether a village is required to designate as its official newspaper the only newspaper which is "published" in the village. The Village Law contains no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-29Opinion 2002-14
… a village project to reconstruct a certain stream channel. After the project was completed, several village … a village project to reconstruct a certain stream channel …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-14DiNapoli Finds State Needs to Do More to Address Nursing Home Pandemic Issues
… state agencies to develop transparency plans and post data online. It is working with health providers to collect …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-finds-state-needs-do-more-address-nursing-home-pandemic-issuesIX.8.D Electronic Refund Payments to the U.S. HHS – IX. Federal Grants
… The procedures that follow pertain to the refund or return of federal funds to the US HHS due … agency might consider an award closed, the award may not have been closed out by the awarding agency in the applicable … be paid to the federal government until the related funds have been posted in SFS. In the case of an audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-ix/ix8d-electronic-refund-payments-us-hhs