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DiNapoli: The Rockaways Shows Signs of Recovery After Pandemic Setback

… percentage than in Queens or citywide. Job losses were reversed by 2021, however, with employment growing in all …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/dinapoli-rockaways-shows-signs-recovery-after-pandemic-setback

State Agencies Bulletin No. 2260

… for employees mandated to work beyond 16 consecutive hours. Affected Employees: Arbitration eligible employees of … the Security Services Unit who have worked 16 consecutive hours and are then mandated to work additional consecutive time beyond those 16 hours. Effective Dates: Effective beginning 03/28/2024, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2260-double-time-payments-eligible-employees-security-services-unit-ssu

State Agencies Bulletin No. 2263

… for employees mandated to work beyond 16 consecutive hours. Affected Employees: Arbitration eligible employees of … Security Supervisors Unit who have worked 16 consecutive hours and are then mandated to work additional consecutive time beyond those 16 hours. Effective Dates: Effective beginning 06/10/2024, …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2263-double-time-payments-eligible-employees-security-supervisors-unit-sspu

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits

… needed remediation to reduce lead exposure in all potable water outlets as required by state law and Department of … regulations. Auditors determined 39 of the 312 (13%) water outlets identified at select areas were not sampled or … district officials could not identify the water outlets’ locations. District officials did not report exceedances …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/08/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0

Division of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-132

… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform the Division of Housing and Community Renewal of OSC’s automatic processing of the DC 37 Non-Pensionable … The purpose of this bulletin is to inform the Division of Housing and Community Renewal of OSCs automatic processing …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-132-district-council-37-dc-37-2024-non-pensionable-lump

DiNapoli Releases Sunset Park Economic Snapshot

… of jobs and businesses, and the wages being paid in Sunset Park, Brooklyn are all growing at a rapid pace, according to … York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Greater Sunset Park is undergoing an economic revival,” DiNapoli said. … across the city, growth brings new challenges. Sunset Park is a dynamic and diverse neighborhood that continues to …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/dinapoli-releases-sunset-park-economic-snapshot

Opinion 91-25

… at the time of injury (see Matter of Barber v Lupton , 282 App Div 1008, 125 NYS2d 672, affd 307 NY 770; Drahos v … 438 NYS2d 394; Matter of Birmingham v Mirrington , 284 App Div 721, 134 NYS2d 456). Based on Birmingham , supra , … , 195 Misc 674, 89 NYS2d 126, revd on other grounds 279 App Div 1138, 112 NYS2d 890; see also Klonowski v Department …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-25

Opinion 89-50

… on private property to alleviate a drainage problem if it is determined that the improvement furthers primarily a … does not exceed the reasonable value of the claim. This is in reply to your letter concerning the expenditure of town … to perform certain improvements on private property. It is our understanding that, after the granting of a town …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-50

Opinion 89-15

… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent …

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Opinion 88-11

… issues discussed in the opinion. PARKS AND RECREATION -- Park Land (conveyance of lands subject to reversionary … §1-102(1): When land is conveyed to a village for use as a park, subject to a private reversionary right, the land, upon its discontinuance as a park, may be re-conveyed to the original grantor or his …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-11

New York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era (February 18, 2021)

… Suffer from Food Scarcity New York ranks seventh among all the states in the percentage of adults who are experiencing food scarcity, at 14 percent compared to the 11 percent national rate, according to the U.S. Census … New York ranks seventh among all the states in the percentage of adults who are experiencing …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/impact-covid-19-february-18-2021

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits

… Health – Medicaid Program – Oversight of Managed Long-Term Care Member Eligibility (Follow-Up) (2023-F-29) Many of the … New York City Department for the Aging – Oversight of the Home Delivered Meals Program (Follow-Up) (2023-F-25) The … New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) created the Home Delivered Meals program to maintain or improve the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits

GASB Statement 87, Leases

… of “reasonably certain.” Relevant factors include: Market-based factors, such as a whether contract terms and … the optional periods are favorable compared with current market rates. Contract-based factors, such as significant … rented in the past 10 years was used for over 500 hours per year. A new construction project requires double …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/guidance/gasb-statement-87-leases

Opinion 91-52

… may not adopt a post-1953 local law which provides for an award of a contract after competitive bidding to a … which employ a prescribed percentage of local residents for the purpose of benefiting the local economy. Such … local law which would establish a "county residents job policy" for county contracts. In pertinent part, the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-52

State Agencies Bulletin No. 2246

… OSC’s automatic processing of the NYSCOPBA Non-Pensionable Lump Sum Payment and to provide processing instructions for entering … units listed above may be eligible for a one-time lump sum payment. The one-time lump sum payment is not … OSCs automatic processing of the NYSCOPBA NonPensionable Lump Sum Payment and to provide processing instructions for …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2246-new-york-state-correctional-officers-and-police-benevolent-association

The Increasing Threat of Identity Theft

… May 2021 PDF Version Message from the Comptroller The era of COVID-19 has brought enormous … psychological pain of the pandemic is a dramatic increase in identity theft during the past year. More than 67,000 complaints of identity theft were reported in New York State during 2020, according to the Federal Trade …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/increasing-threat-identity-theft

Opinion 2000-18

… for our opinion with respect to several issues arising from the inclusion of a village within a proposed joint fire … ch 287, a special act authorizing the transfer of assets from a village service award program to a town service award … L 1999, ch 287, precluding actions taken pursuant thereto from affecting, altering or impairing, inter alia, the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-18

Opinion 88-55

… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY- Powers and Duties (submission of books and records for audit) FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Contracts (requiring … for audit); (regulating fund raising activities of village fire department) VILLAGE BOARD -- Powers and Duties …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-55