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DiNapoli: New York on Stronger Financial Footing
… $511 million this year were included in the budget, with residential property tax relief representing more than half that total. … estate tax to $5.25 million; and providing a 20 percent property tax credit for manufacturing companies. DiNapoli’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-new-york-stronger-financial-footingOpinion 90-54
… Fund, a member does not have a separate, individual account. Therefore, the Retirement System will not establish a separate account for an alternate payee. The pension funds payable to … Retirement System of the City of New York , 36 NY2d 348, 368 NYS2d 475. In Caravaggio , it was held there could …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-54Opinion 90-1
… and Expenditures (use of commercial hazardous waste facility assessments); (contributions to public … assessment on the gross receipts of a commercial hazardous waste facility, the proceeds must be paid into the town-wide … assessment on the gross receipts of a commercial hazardous waste facility must be applied to a town's general fund and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-1Opinion 2004-7
… a scale of rents for use of water, to be paid at such times and in such manner as the prescribed by the village. … tax only if expressly delegated to it by the Legislature (NY Const, art. XVI, 1; see, e.g., City of New York v State of … v City of New York , 43 NY2d 253, 401 NYS2d 173; see also NY Const, article IX, §2[c][8]; Municipal Home Rule Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-7Opinion 2007-3
… in the village police department who is in a bargaining unit has not been increased on or after August 2, 1999. This … in the village police department and is in a bargaining unit (the “next subordinate officer”), is entitled to reimbursement by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-3Opinion 89-49
… executor as substitute for a previously named fiduciary, a fee is properly charged pursuant to SCPA, §2402(7), based on … such a proceeding, there is no actual monetary value, the fee charged would be $27.00. This is in reply to your inquiry … by a Surrogate's Court. Specifically, you ask whether a fee is properly imposed pursuant to subdivision 1 or 2 of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-49Opinion 89-41
… to an eligible "active volunteer firefighter" in the form of a lump sum, a life annuity with or without survivor benefits, period certain annuities, or any other form provided under the program (see General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-41Opinion 2009-2
… as a part of the general levy for town purposes ( see 1989 Ops St Comp No. 89-54, at 122; 1986 Ops St Comp No. 86-45, at 74). 2 Town Law § 209-q (13) (a), … area of the town outside of any villages ( see e.g . 1987 Ops St Comp No. 87-27, at 43; Office of the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-2-0Opinion 88-62
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … -- Capital Reserve Fund (creation of by town to finance closure of landfill); (payment of landfill fees into fund) … and capping the landfill, we note, initially, that this Office has previously expressed the opinion that, subject to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-62Opinion 88-48
… on a competitive basis). October 26, 1988 Nancy E. Wright, Counsel Western Finger Lakes Solid Waste Management …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-48Opinion 89-12
… and of the competitive bidding statute. You ask if a conflict of interest exists in the following circumstances … Whether a conflict of interest exists involving a fire district contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-12Opinion 88-76
… trustees in investments which they deem to be for the best interests of the library, and need not be invested in … in a manner which the library trustees deem to be in the best interests of the library (1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-450, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-76New Funding Needed for MTA Improvements to Prevent Unplanned Fare and Toll Hikes
… If new funding sources for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) are not … fell sharply during the first half of 2017 and was on pace for the worst year in 17 years, largely as a result of an … be funded. The MTA is contributing 43 percent of the funds for the 2015-2019 capital program, a much larger share than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/new-funding-needed-mta-improvements-prevent-unplanned-fare-and-toll-hikesOpinion 92-19
… shown on the plat unless the owner of the land or his agent adds to the plat a note to the contrary. According to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-19Opinion 92-12
Whether a disabled firefighter forfeits his or her entitlement to payments and benefits pursuant to General Municipal Law 207a upon becoming selfemployed or performing uncompensated services such as volunteer work
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-12Opinion 91-37
Concerning the proper disposition of fines and penalties collected by a city Parking Violations Bureau PVB for violations of sections 306 and 402 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law which occur while a motor vehicle is parked on a public highway
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-37Opinion 2004-4
… opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Employment Contracts (law partner of school board member as attorney for school district) -- Interest in Contract (law partner of school board member as attorney for school … circumstances. The board member is a partner in the law firm of an attorney who has been appointed as "the attorney …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-4Opinion 2000-23
… increase of additional amount received by other than next ranking subordinate) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- … officer to the chief and who is a member of a negotiating unit, receives a 4% pay increase, and other officers in the bargaining unit receive a 4% increase plus an additional amount, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-23Opinion 2000-11
… occurs in the office of deputy, the town board shall have power to appoint such deputy town superintendent of highways … principle that absent a contrary statutory provision, the power to appoint officers and employees implies the power to dismiss; and (b) the provision in Town Law §24 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-11Opinion 2001-2
… DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (discretion in crediting points under a service award program) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS … from the list of activities set forth at subparagraphs i-viii of section 217(c). Several categories of activities on … to the service award point system. Even if it does, we do not believe the isolated word "minimum" is sufficient to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-2