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Opinion 93-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … ". . . municipal corporations and districts shall have power to enter into, award, cancel and terminate agreements … In reaching the above conclusion, we are mindful that the Attorney General in Opn No. I 89-26 has concluded that a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-6Opinion 92-37
… alarm or fire protection district" must be filed with the county clerk and the State Comptroller. Subdivision 1, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37City of Olean Housing Authority – Board Oversight (2016M-93)
… performance in administering the Authority’s Capital Fund Program (CFP), use of CFP grant funds or financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2016/07/29/city-olean-housing-authority-board-oversight-2016m-93Opinion 89-35
… - transfer of powers of town supervisor) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Deposits and Investments (authority to make … the keeping of separate appropriation accounts, preventing funds or appropriation accounts from being overdrawn and, … the counter-signature of the supervisor, the drawing of funds or appropriations (Town Law, §34[2][a][b]). Finally, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-35Marketing Service Performance Monitoring
… Purpose To determine whether Empire State Development (ESD) has established adequate internal controls to oversee, monitor, and manage contracted marketing … marketing, branding, media, and communications agency. Due to the value of the contract and the appropriated State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/05/11/marketing-service-performance-monitoringDiNapoli: Georgia Woman Sentenced to Over a Year in Prison and Ordered to Pay $459K in Full Restitution for Stealing NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… security payments from her deceased mother-in-law’s bank account, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, U.S. Attorney … $450,000 in retirement benefits from the deceased’s bank account. Her selfish actions were criminal, and this sentence … As her caretaker, she had access to Minnie Smith’s bank account. After her mother-in-law died, Sandra Smith kept the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-georgia-woman-sentenced-over-year-prison-and-ordered-pay-459k-full-restitution-stealing-nysOpinion 2006-7
… to replace vehicles and the service provider’s need for new and different or additional equipment (1980 Opns St Comp …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-7Opinion 92-11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11Compliance With Freedom of Information Law Requirements
… ensure its customers – those who live, work, and travel in New York – have a safe, efficient, balanced, and … statutory requirement to provide an appeal to Committee on Open Government (COOG) upon receipt for any of the 49 … and respond to FOIL requests and appeals within the time frames required by law. Grant or deny access to FOIL requests …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/29/compliance-freedom-information-law-requirementsOpinion 93-26
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. AMBULANCE DISTRICTS -- Fees (authority to … to impose to offset ambulance district costs) TOWN LAW, §§198(10-f), 202, 202-a: A town board on behalf of an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-26Opinion 90-7
… for the benefit of the city. You ask whether, pursuant to Public Officers Law, §18, a city may indemnify the members … authorizes certain "public entities", including cities, to defend and indemnify public officers and employees in any … as follows: 2. The provisions of this section shall apply to any public entity: * * * * (b) where the governing body of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-7Opinion 96-19
… station) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §119-o; TOWN LAW, §§64(2), 81(1)(c), 176(14), 220(3): A town and a fire district located … officer or body of one of the participants, the payment of contractors by the chief fiscal officer of one of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-19Opinion 89-2
… Bidding (purchases by municipal nursing homes pursuant to a group purchasing program) PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, §2803-a; … participate in group purchasing programs operated pursuant to Public Health Law, §2803-a. Purchases made pursuant to such programs are exempt from statutory competitive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-2Opinion 94-10
… or more villages within or outside the town could agree to form a joint townwide-village commission on human rights. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-10Opinion 90-42
… FEES -- Exemption from (housing authority) -- Liability for (city tax districts) PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY -- Fees … REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Enforcement (fees for filing in rem lists) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §1122; CPLR … lis pendens, the county clerk is entitled to a fee of ten dollars for each in rem tax foreclosure list filed by a tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-42Opinion 93-7
… responsible bidder after public advertisement for sealed bids in the manner prescribed in that section. In addition to … responsible bidder. Therefore, it would be an unreasonable construction of the bidding statute to apply it to these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-7Opinion 94-31
… if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS -- Vacations (annual cash payment in lieu of) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Vacations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-31Opinion 2003-7
… for preliminary costs and feasibility studies) ZONING AND PLANNING -- Park Lands (use of park trust moneys for … projects. Town Law §277(4) provides that, before a town planning board may approve a subdivision plat containing … the subdivision plat must show, when required by the planning board, a park or parks suitably located for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-7Opinion 2002-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … LAW -- Gifts and Loans (contract for provision of services by private organization); (contribution to private … municipalities from making gifts or loans of public money or property to or in aid of private individuals, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-9Administration and Monitoring of Financial Assistance to New York City Businesses (2021-N-6)
To determine whether the New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA) has policies and procedures in place to approve, monitor, and measure project performance and whether they were followed. We also determined whether NYCIDA recaptured public benefits in accordance with the project ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-21n6.pdf