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DiNapoli: Executive Budget Reduces Out-Year Gaps, Diminishes Independent Oversight
… of the Affordable Care Act and other policy changes and is projected to rise another $3.3 billion over the next four … Washington threatens much of that funding. Total revenue is projected at $160.4 billion, an increase of 4.4 percent. … than 50,000 state contracts, visit www.openbooknewyork.com. The easy-to-use website was created by DiNapoli to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/dinapoli-executive-budget-reduces-out-year-gaps-diminishes-independent-oversightDiNapoli: Former Treasurer Sentenced in Oakfield Fire Department Theft
… Former Oakfield Fire Department treasurer Samantha Hilchey was ordered to pay $16,281 in restitution at … Former Oakfield Fire Department treasurer Samantha Hilchey was ordered to pay $16281 in restitution at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-former-treasurer-sentenced-oakfield-fire-department-theftOpinion 94-18
… benevolent association established by special act of the State Legislature for the purpose of receiving … §1402 provides for the establishment, as not-for-profit corporations, of fire corporations. Village Law, §10-1008, however, provides that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-18Opinion 2003-2
… village (see Village Law §17-1700, as amended by L 1977 ch 960). Section 17-1703-a(1) of the Village Law provides that "[i]n any village as to which a town is created to be … from Charles D. Cook, State Senator, dated July 6, 1988, re S. 7865-A / A. 10196-A; letter to Evan A. Davis from Paul …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-2Opinion 90-48
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … (criteria and procedure for determining "responsibility" of lowest bidder) EDUCATION LAW, §305(14); GENERAL MUNICIPAL … Whether the school district based solely on the allegations of these residents may find the bus company not to be a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-48Opinion 2005-5
… in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement to increase in compensation when employer … under that plan are not increased, the village police chief is not entitled to any increase in compensation under … the requirements for compensating a village police chief under General Municipal Law §207-m. You indicate that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-5Opinion 2006-6
… -- Compensation (leave of absence) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §92(1): A town board may not grant a leave of absence to … town board pursuant to section 92 of the General Municipal Law. 1 Section 92(1) of the General Municipal Law provides that the governing board of certain entities, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-6Opinion 88-60
… arrangement with a private party would have to be in the form of a revocable license, grant of privilege or true … a trust for the public it could not without legislative sanction be alienated or subjected to anything beyond a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-60Opinion 88-50
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (use of moneys to fix dents and small holes, and clean and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-50Opinion 2010-2
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PERSONAL PROPERTY -- Disposition of … that local officials believe will yield the best price or maximum financial benefits. You ask whether a water district … boards of commissioners of improvement districts, with the approval of the majority of the town board and subject to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-2Opinion 2010-4
… implied therefrom (Town Law § 176 [21]; see e.g. 2008 Ops St Comp No. 2008-3; 2003 Ops St Comp No. 2003-4, at 10; cf . Wells v Town of Salina , … company, such as from a private ambulance company (1998 Ops St Comp No. 98-21, at 51). Chapter 378 of the Laws of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-4Opinion 88-37
… 21.00(a), 28.00(a): The purchase of a passenger vehicle to be used as a police car may be financed by the issuance of capital notes only when the vehicle is purchased to replace a similar vehicle which was in service for a year or more. Prior …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-37Opinion 98-20
… the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads (qualification for appointment to) FIRE … of minimum service requirement for appointment to fire police squad) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §209-c; TOWN LAW, … otherwise qualified individual may be assigned to a fire police squad immediately upon becoming a member of a fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 98-18
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in the opinion. AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Fees (imposition of fees for services of an emergency rescue and first aid … Whether section 3008 of the PHL authorizes a fire district to provide advanced …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-18Opinion 97-6
… of County Law, article 6) COUNTY LAW, §§300, 301(8), 303, 308: The cost of constructing an addition to house an … access service within such municipality (County Law, §303[1]). Section 307 authorizes the expenditure of surcharge … also those costs necessarily incidental thereto (1995 Opns St Comp No. 95-5, p 8; 1990 Opns St Comp No. 90-51, p 116). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-6Opinion 98-8
… services, when available in the form, function and utility required by the political subdivision, from a … subdivisions through the New York State Office of General Service's centralized contracts). Section 162(1) expressly … entities) submits a notice of intent to provide the service in the form, function and utility required, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-8Opinion 2000-2
… literary, graphic, dramatic and performing arts) MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -- Powers and Duties (promotion of literary, … to the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 to provide funds, services and facilities to … by providing directly, or by contract with not-for-profit corporations, theatrical productions, movies and similar …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-2Opinion 2002-2
… discussed in the opinion. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS - Service Award Programs (service credit after entitlement age); (voluntary waiver of right to begin receiving award at entitlement age) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§215(4), … (6), 217(c), 218(b), (c), 219(b), 219-a(2)(b): A service award program may provide for a participant to earn service …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-2-0Comptroller DiNapoli & A.G Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former Met Council Director
… Poverty (Met Council), has been sentenced to one year in jail. Cohen has also paid $650,000 in restitution to Met … Obus in New York County Supreme Court to a one-year jail sentence. Cohen also paid $650,000 in restitution to Met … Friedman was convicted and sentenced to four months in jail, and ordered to pay $775,000 in restitution to Met …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-met-council-directorXI.2.L Contract Signature Page – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
Agencies are required to place the New York State Contract number and an agency certification on all copies of the signature pages
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi2l-contract-signature-page