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Comptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former Met Council Director
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that William Rapfogel, former executive director and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Council on … has been sentenced to 3 1/3 to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $3 million in restitution to Met Council. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-met-councilOpinion 88-19
… (establishment of private landfill) TOWN LAW, §§64(8), 65(1), 90: A town may not institute a lawsuit for the … organ of local government (see Town of Remsen v Albright , 82 Misc 2d 470, 370 NYS2d 287). Thus, a town has no authority … NYS2d 737). In this connection, we note that Town Law, §64(8) expressly authorizes a town board to accept a gift: "... …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-19How the Program Works – Contribution Stabilization Program
… determines an employer’s annual contribution according to its usual procedures. The CSP does not change these … NYSLRS compares the employer’s normal annual contribution to the graded contribution to determine if the employer is … in their estimated invoice (available in Retirement Online every summer) and the annual invoice (issued in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/csp/how-program-worksComptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… revenues. The district, however, did not perform a per-meal cost analysis to determine if lunch pricing is … 2014-15, total revenues exceeded expenditures by as much as $4.1 million and no amount of appropriated fund … district has not established a reserve fund policy stating how much would be set aside in each reserve, how each reserve …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/03/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsNew Windsor Couple Charged With Stealing Over $2 Million From New York By Submitting False Medicaid Provider Claims
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Orange … 45, and his wife, Sharma Alam, age 45, both of the Town of New Windsor, were arrested and charged with Grand Larceny in … First Degree in connection with a scheme to defraud the New York State Medicaid program of millions of dollars. Raja …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/new-windsor-couple-charged-stealing-over-2-million-new-york-submitting-false-medicaid-provider-claimsNew York State Comptroller DiNapoli and District Attorney Hoovler Announce Indictment in Medicaid Fraud Case
… in the Fourth Degree in connection with a scheme to defraud the New York State Medicaid program of millions of dollars. Both were remanded to Orange County Jail in lieu of $1,000,000 cash bail, … Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree. Manojkumar was remanded to Orange County Jail without bail. Two corporations, Unique …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/11/new-york-state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-district-attorney-hoovler-announce-indictment-medicaid-fraudOpinion 90-20
… Sections 9104 and 9105 each further provide that "[t]he provisions of this section shall not be changed, … that it is inconsistent with this conclusion. June 8, 1990 Francis L. Real, Mayor Village of Green Island …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-20Opinion 90-44
… St Comp No. 79-266-A, p 48 and No. 79-741, p 150). The meaning to be ascribed to the term as used in any particular … or provisions of the general scheme of which it is part" ( id ., at p. 213). In short, the meaning of a particular term in a statute cannot be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-44Opinion 89-47
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … fire protection district is dissolved) -- (assessment of capital costs in district as extended) FIRE PROTECTION … Whether the dissolution of the fire protection districts and the addition of their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-47Opinion 89-26
… that the officers or employees of the fire district complete and file annual financial disclosure statements. You ask whether fire district officers are required to complete and file annual financial disclosure statements. … and/or those local political party officials required to complete and file the annual statement of financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-26Opinion 88-67
… if the mayor's partner is hired independently of the partnership and is paid directly as an individual so that none of the compensation goes into the partnership. Nevertheless, the village's code of ethics … is deemed to have an interest in any contract of a partnership of which the officer or employee is a member …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-67Opinion 92-40
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … use of a municipal service or facility (see Watergate II Apartments v Buffalo Sewer Authority , 46 NY2d 52, 412 NYS2d … No. 92-18, p 43). In Watergate II Apartments , supra , the Court of Appeals considered the validity of a sewer rent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-40Opinion 91-49
… Municipal Corporations, §15.06 [3rd ed.]; Reese v Lombard , 47 AD2d 327, 366 NYS2d 493; County Law, §153[4]; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-49Opinion 92-10
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … as the village's fiscal agent, is required to pay to the State Comptroller unclaimed moneys representing the principal … for the redemption of bonds issued by the village. You state that 35 serial bonds, issued in bearer form by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-10Opinion 98-23
… of maximum speed limits in villages) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- Villages (designation of twenty-five m.p.h. zones) VILLAGE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1600, 1643; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, … §10(1)(ii)(a)(6): A village may not, pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law, §1643 or by local law, impose a village-wide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-23NYC Construction Noise Complaints Soar
… Construction noise complaints called into New York City’s 311 system have more … Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2015, there were 141,125 complaints made about construction noise, the majority of … primarily responsible for handling construction noise complaints. DEP is responsible for responding to 311 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/nyc-construction-noise-complaints-soarOpinion 93-33
… matter, even though the publication contains local news articles and has circulation within the school district. … 130 NYS 761, affd 153 AD 623, 138 NYS 1136 affd 208 NY 621; see gen 24 ALR 4th 822). We express no opinion as to whether the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33Former Assistant Director of Queens Pre-School Provider Pleads Guilty to Stealing $5 Million Intended for Special Needs Students
… company that is now defunct, was located at 1854 Cornaga Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens, and primarily provided … Rockaway in Queens and Williamsburg and Borough Park, in Brooklyn. Comptroller DiNapoli said, "Stealing from the … by filing a complaint online at investigations@osc.ny.gov , or by mailing a complaint to: Office of the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/former-assistant-director-queens-pre-school-provider-pleads-guilty-stealing-5-million-intendedComptroller DiNapoli & A.G Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former Met Council Director
… General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that David Cohen, former executive director of the Metropolitan Council … (Met Council), has been sentenced to one year in jail. Cohen has also paid $650,000 in restitution to Met Council. The joint investigation revealed that Cohen, together with former Met Council CEO William Rapfogel …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-met-council-directorComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his … Operations (Delaware County) The town supervisor relied on the bookkeeper to perform most of the town’s financial … the required annual financial report with the Office of State Comptroller since 2008. Genesee County Industrial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1