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State Agencies Bulletin No. 2016
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April … provides for payment of performance advances on April 1 to eligible PEF employees. Effective Date(s): The April 2022 … 001-037) and NS positions (Grade 600) which are equated to a grade (Grade 001-037) and whose annual salary is below …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2016-april-2022-public-employees-federation-pef-performance-advancesState Agencies Bulletin No. 2329.2
… BU 47 (CSEA) State University Construction Fund BU 97 (CSEA) … Service Date Attachment for additional details 12 years $1,500 17 years $3,000 22 years $4,500 Note: CSEA or RRSU employees who meet the LGS eligibility …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/23292-april-2025-civil-service-employees-association-csea-public-employeesState Agencies Bulletin No. 1940
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the … provides for payment of performance advances on October 1 to eligible CSEA employees based on the 04/01/2020 Salary … field and the Approved Salary Rate field. Position and Job do not match – if the Position Number equals the NYS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1940-october-2021-civil-service-employees-association-csea-performanceComptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General Underwood Announce Criminal Conviction and False Claims Act Settlement with Bottini Fuel for Diverting Customers' Credit Balances for Their Own Benefit
… as Bottini Fuel, for falsifying their business records to improperly divert credit balances belonging to individual, business, and government customers – including … and state agencies. Bottini Fuel pleaded guilty today to Falsifying Business Records in the Second Degree in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-underwood-announce-criminal-conviction-and-false-claims-actComptroller DiNapoli, A.G. Schneiderman, State & DOI Commissioner Mark Peters Announce Conviction of Non-Profit Executive Involved in Six-Year Theft Scheme
… Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, and she faces up to 15 years in prison. Dorothy N. Ogundu, engaged in a scheme to defraud the city of New York, the state of New York and … requests for reimbursement and making false statements to the government agencies administering the grants. Ogundu …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-state-doi-commissioner-mark-peters-announce-conviction-nonDiNapoli: Convicted Drunk Drivers Not Installing Court-Ordered Ignition Locks
… (IID) in their vehicles, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Ignition … to the vehicle’s ignition system and prevents the car or truck from starting if the operator’s blood alcohol … to run a DMV check to determine whether the probationer’s driver license was previously suspended or revoked, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-convicted-drunk-drivers-not-installing-court-ordered-ignition-locksState Audit Shows Need to Improve Response to Noise Complaints in NYC
… respectively. On two days in December 2015 alone (the 7th and the 21st), there were 78 and 68 complaints filed, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/state-audit-shows-need-improve-response-noise-complaints-nycOpinion 88-34
… VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1640, 1660, 1800; TOWN LAW, §§130, 131, 133; VILLAGE LAW, §20-2002: Towns may enact traffic … prescribed for the adoption of ordinances by Town Law, §§130 and 133. Thus, we expressed the opinion that a public hearing was required pursuant to Town Law, §130 and that after adoption of the legislation, the text …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-34Opinion 90-16
… HEALTH SERVICES -- Board of Health (member as consultant to health department) -- Contracts for (consulting services … of interest if he or she is retained as a consultant to the county health department and an appointee of the board has the power or duty to negotiate the consulting contract, unless and to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-16Opinion 2004-9
… (see 10[C] NYCRR 400.4), to enter into contracts and make arrangements among themselves and among "nutrition programs … goods, supplies and services under joint contracts and arrangements entered into pursuant to" Public Health Law … local government funding" to enter into joint contracts or arrangements under that section, was added (L 1992, ch 732). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-9Opinion 2008-4
… HOME RULE LAW § 10(1)(ii)(d)(3); TOWN LAW §§ 198(4), 202(3), 202-b: The costs of construction of additional facilities or … town park district pursuant to the authority in Town Law § 202-b, are charged against the properties within the park …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-4Opinion 88-51
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Repair Reserve Fund (procedure for abolition of); (use of … lake) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§6-c(1)(b), 6-d: Moneys in a repair reserve fund may be expended for the dredging of a … annually or at shorter intervals. Where all moneys in a repair reserve fund have been expended and the town board has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-51Opinion 88-74
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … in the erection of memorial monuments for veterans of the armed forces (General Municipal Law, §§72, 72-b, 77-a; … the erection of a memorial monument for veterans of the armed forces. It provides further that: "The governing board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-74Opinion 97-16
… of claims presented for payment of money (see, e.g., In re White , 51 App Div 175, 64 NYS 726). However, the court in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-16Opinion 91-47
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Court Fees (filing of an objection to … should not be considered a part of the probate proceedings for purposes of fixing the filing fee charged by a … pursuant to SCPA, §2402(10)(iv), which section provides for a fee of $60 with respect to an "objection or answer in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-47DiNapoli: Finger Lakes Regional Economy Bolstered By Key Industries
… been bolstered by recent growth in the technology, health care, agriculture and tourism industries, according to a … tourism, while embracing emerging sectors such as health care and high-tech manufacturing. As a former business owner … been bolstered by recent growth in the technology health care agriculture and tourism industries according to a report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/dinapoli-finger-lakes-regional-economy-bolstered-key-industriesOpinion 99-7
… (in general) -- Recipients (when fire district treasurer is proper recipient) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Assuming there is no special act providing otherwise, a fire district … be for the benefit of the fire department or company. This is in response to your letter asking whether foreign fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-7Treasurer of Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department Charged With Embezzling More Than $5.7 Million and Failing To Report The Income To The IRS
… on charges of wire fraud and subscribing to false tax returns. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stated: … in Florida, and then failed to report any of it on his tax returns. Public corruption victimizes the public … Agent in Charge Shantelle P. Kitchen said: “Criminal tax investigations are often intertwined with investigations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/treasurer-mahopac-volunteer-fire-department-charged-embezzling-more-57-million-and-failing-reportDiNapoli: Three Arrested for Scheme to Steal Unclaimed Funds from New York State
… before the Hon. Andrew E. Krause, United States Magistrate Judge. SYLLA surrendered upon learning of an outstanding … presented before Judge Krause on July 20, 2022. Earlier today, DOUKOURE also surrendered upon learning of an … stole people’s identities to submit claims for money that did not belong to them, stealing from those who had unclaimed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-three-arrested-scheme-steal-unclaimed-funds-new-york-stateDiNapoli: Albany Challenged by Budgetary, Demographic Factors
… but is troubled by high poverty and a reduced tax base due to a large number of vacant and tax-exempt properties, according to a report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … finances.” “As the seat of state government and home to world class hospitals and institutions of higher learning, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/06/dinapoli-albany-challenged-budgetary-demographic-factors