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Opinion 96-16
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … district for the construction of a new town hall. This is in response to your letter concerning the proposed sale to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-16Opinion 88-57
… WATER RENTS -- Rates (schedule of rates may include a classification under which low income senior citizens are … a water district, to establish the water rates to be paid by consumers. In establishing such rates, a town board may … Opns St Comp, 1968, p 728; 8 Opns St Comp, 1952, p 281; NY Const, Art I, §11; US Const, 14th Amendment). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-57Opinion 93-29
… Duties (designation of official newspaper) PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §70-a; GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §60(a); VILLAGE LAW, §4-412: A … (Opn No. 84-58, supra ; Opn No. 82-173, supra ; see also NY Const, article I, §11). There is, however, no statutory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-29Opinion 89-36
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … of probable usefulness of five years) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §6-c(4), (8): There are no permissive referendum …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-36Opinion 88-7
… BONDS AND NOTES - Proceeds (use of surplus proceeds to pay debt service) MUNICIPAL FUNDS - Appropriations and Expenditures (need to use debt service appropriation where surplus bond proceeds … LAW, §165.00: Where surplus bond proceeds are available to pay debt service for purposes of a town improvement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-7IX.7.E Disaster Assistance – IX. Federal Grants
… agencies. This process will allow New York State agencies to respond to a disaster event and receive budget relief by transferring the costs to DHSES. It will also enable New York State to obtain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix7e-disaster-assistanceOversight of Juvenile Justice Facilities
… and Family Services adequately operates juvenile justice facilities for court-placed youth to ensure they meet State … oversight of nine State-run residential juvenile justice facilities that serve court-placed youth. The nine facilities include three secure facilities, five …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/04/03/oversight-juvenile-justice-facilitiesThe Retail Sector in New York City: Recent Trends and the Impact of COVID-19
… sector comprised 32,600 businesses that provided 344,600 jobs, paid $16 billion in total wages citywide, and … 100% 100% Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 1-year estimates; OSC analysis Including both … according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey, a higher proportion of retail respondents indicated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/retail-sector-new-york-city-recent-trends-and-impact-covid-19Opinion 2001-15
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Dissolution … of taxable real property aggregating at least one-half of all taxable real property of the district owned by resident … aggregate at least one-half of the assessed valuation of all the taxable real property of the proposed district or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-15Opinion 91-32
… Piping and Air Conditioning Contractors Assoc., Inc. v NYS Thruway Authority , 5 NY2d 420, 185 NYS2d 534), they … and Trustees of Village of Ossining , 128 Misc 848, 220 NYS 345, 348; Melker v City of New York , 190 NY 481; Storm v City of New York , 135 Misc 622, 238 NYS 143; 52 ALR2d 1134). On the other hand, unlike many other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-32Opinion 2006-10
… Accounting (charging a portion of town engineer’s salary to special district); (crediting interest earned on the … LAW §11: In the absence of any statutory direction to the contrary, interest or earnings from the investment of monies of the general fund, town-wide would be credited to the general fund, town-wide and interest or earnings from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-10DiNapoli: County Jail Inmates Received Improper Welfare and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
… should be discontinued. However, DOL often continues to pay inmates up to four weeks of unemployment benefits before …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/10/dinapoli-county-jail-inmates-received-improper-welfare-and-unemployment-insurance-benefitsDiNapoli: Calls to Investigate Violations of Do Not Call Law Going Unanswered
… Law allows consumers to register their mobile and landline phone numbers on a national registry to reduce unsolicited … 2001 law. Initially, New York consumers registered their phone numbers on a statewide registry. Then, in 2003, the … As of Dec. 31, 2017, more than 14 million New York phone numbers were on the registry. DiNapoli's auditors found …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-calls-investigate-violations-do-not-call-law-going-unansweredState Medicaid Bought Erectile Dysfunction Drugs for Sex Offenders
… The state’s Medicaid program paid more than $60,000 for sexual and … today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. In total, Medicaid made more than $930,000 in payments for ED drugs and … Auditors found that did not always happen. Since the transition of pharmacy benefit management to MCOs, Medicaid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/state-medicaid-bought-erectile-dysfunction-drugs-sex-offendersSelected Aspects of Incident Intake and Investigation
… a hotline, establish a database of reported allegations and a Staff Exclusion List, and ensure that all allegations are investigated fully and timely and are referred to law enforcement when …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/03/06/selected-aspects-incident-intake-and-investigationState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Authority (MTA): Employee Qualifications, Hiring, and Promotions (Follow-Up) (2021-F-27) A January 2019 audit … agencies, it did not ensure they met the qualifications for the new position into which they were hired or promoted, … experience, and operating license requirements and, for operating titles such as Train Operators, Conductors, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0Implications for the Future – 2022 Financial Condition Report
… the Fed’s interest rate response, and continued volatility in the financial markets all impact whether the trajectory … Funding Federal aid has long played an essential role in the State’s budget and its ability to provide health care, … education, human services and other essential programs. In recent years, for example, new federal funding has helped …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2022-fcr/implications-futureOpinion 97 - 12
… engineer who appears before the board) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§801, 805-a: An arrangement whereby the recording … be prohibited from performing services for the engineering firm in relation to any matter before, or to come before, the … in matters before the planning board. General Municipal Law, article 18 (§800 et seq .) contains provisions of law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-12Opinion 97-10
… a nominal amount (see 1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-13, p 33). From 1991 until its amendment in 1994, section 109-b …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-10XI.17 Protest Procedures – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… Rules and Regulations , to be used when an interested party 1 asserts to OSC that the State Comptroller should not … with the public contracting entity. However, an interested party may file an initial protest with OSC’s Bureau of … the successful bidder is the appealing party in which case a copy of the appeal must be delivered to the original …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi17-protest-procedures