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… has disposed of real property on terms beneficial to the State. The audit covers the period January 1, 2010 through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/27/real-estate-portfolioOpinion 89-36
… 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 The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … compliance with the permissive referendum requirements is required if an authorization to issue obligations for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-36Opinion 88-64
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … into agreements of cooperation with a municipality which need not be within the territorial jurisdiction of such … municipality and its own housing authority. Therefore, we need not address whether these provisions authorize a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-64Opinion 88-1
… authorizing) REAL PROPERTY -- Conveyances Generally (of village parking lot) -- Gifts (of parking lot to U.S. Postal … purposes of this section. GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §72-h; VILLAGE LAW, §1-102(2): It appears that a village should obtain special legislation prior to conveying …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-1Opinion 90-55
… line of duty which are analogous to those in section 207-c for police officers. In that opinion, we concluded that the … which, inter alia , permitted municipalities to apply for an accidental disability retirement, a retirement for disability incurred in performance of duty, or similar …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-55Opinion 89-60
… in the private business of performing home inspections for prospective purchasers of homes does not have a prohibited interest in a contract with the municipality for which he or she serves, the conduct of the private … 802 (General Municipal Law, §803[2]). The term "contract" for purposes of Article 18 is defined to mean any claim, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-60Opinion 91-60
… (authority of State Comptroller to request information for the purpose of determining conflicts of interest) … (authority of State Comptroller to request information for the purpose of determining conflicts of interest) STATE … certain outside employment and business interests in order for the Comptroller to determine the possible existence of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-60Opinion 97-26
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … of assessment, belong to the fire district after the zone is abolished. This is in reply to your letter regarding the establishment of … Whether it is in the public interest to establish the proposed zones …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-26DiNapoli: Inconsistent Oversight and Guidance Left New York’s Group Home Residents at Risk During Pandemic
… dealing with staff shortages and confusion and delays over how to isolate or quarantine individuals during the worst …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/04/dinapoli-inconsistent-oversight-and-guidance-left-new-yorks-group-home-residents-risk-during-pandemicOpinion 92-17
… in the opinion. SALES TAX -- Agreements (right of towns to receive share) TAX LAW, §1262(c): A sales tax agreement … not set aside for county or school district purposes shall be distributed to the towns in the county or whether such areas may be omitted entirely from the sales tax distribution scheme …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-17Local Sales Tax Growth in 2017 Highest in Four Years
Local Sales Tax Growth in 2017 Highest in Four Years
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/local-sales-tax-growth-2017-highest-in-four-years.pdfOpinion 2009-2
… property in the area of the town outside of any villages. You ask whether the threshold in Town Law § 209-q (13) (a), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-2Opinion 2001-2
… program) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Programs (point accumulation required in order to be credited with one … (§214 et seq .) of the General Municipal Law ("GML"), for point accumulation under a service award program for … sponsor create "priorities" among the activities for point accumulation set forth in GML §217(c), by making …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-2Opinion 2002-15
… for the cost of street lighting within a town pursuant to Town Law §64(19) and Highway Law §327 are raised on a … that requires or permits monies for any given purpose to be raised from taxes levied only in the unincorporated … have concluded that a local government may not, pursuant to its home rule powers, exempt properties in that portion of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15Opinion 94-14
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES -- Powers and Duties (authority to … municipality for whose benefit the agency was created); (development related to earlier projects as constituting … by the Laws of 1993, chapter 356, prohibits industrial development agencies (IDAs) from providing financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-14DiNapoli: Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections Slowed in 2024
… risks and potential changes at the federal level, calls for careful budgeting on the part of local officials to … of 2.8% in 2024 outpaced the rest of the state (0.6%) for the third consecutive year. Growth in the city’s … the number of tourists, which nearly matched 2019 levels for the first time since the pandemic. Aggregate county …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-growth-local-sales-tax-collections-slowed-2024Opinion 93-8
… new rate. You have asked whether a variable rate bond or note issued pursuant to Local Finance Law, §54.90 may provide … affects the yield received by the holder of the bond or note. Section 54.90 of the Local Finance Law authorizes a … §54.90 allows the interest rate payable under a bond or note issued in accordance with that section to vary according …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-8Opinion 92-46
… provides that, except as otherwise expressly provided by act of the Legislature or by local law adopted prior to … same or similar commodities will exceed $10,000 over the course of a fiscal year (1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-64, p 169; … to be purchased for other village purposes over the course of the fiscal year ( cf . 18 Opns St Comp, 1962, p 43, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-46Housing Trust Fund Corporation – Oversight of the Rural Rental Assistance Program
… found opportunities for HTFC to better ensure it receives all the information it should from USDA as stated in the MOU …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/12/20/housing-trust-fund-corporation-oversight-rural-rental-assistance-programOpinion 95-10
… a duty to erect a fence encircling a cemetery or burial ground in the first class described in Town Law, §291(1), … is in response to your request concerning the town board's responsibility under the provisions of section 291 of the … or endowment. Subdivision 1 also specifies the town board's duties in relation to each class of cemetery or burial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-10