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DiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for July 2015
… 2027. New York State Thruway Authority $10.3 million with Callanan Industries Inc. for mill and inlay safety …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-july-2015DiNapoli: Problems Persist at Many Hotels and Motels Used to House Homeless
… State auditors examining hotels and motels used to house the homeless found poor conditions still exist at many … P. DiNapoli. In 2016, DiNapoli launched a major review of the state's homeless shelter system. This review … individuals and families are provided safe and secure living arrangements." In the report released today, auditors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-problems-persist-many-hotels-and-motels-used-house-homelessVII.3 AP Adjustment Voucher Overview – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… returns of original purchases made on State issued Procurement cards (PCards)). Reductions and/or close out of … The refund is from a vendor for items purchased with a procurement card. For example, the original voucher was paid to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii3-ap-adjustment-voucher-overviewOpinion 90-54
… other person. We have been asked to discuss the procedures for the equitable distribution of retirement benefits payable … (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) which provide for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO's) (see ERISA, … Retirement System will not establish a separate account for an alternate payee. The pension funds payable to a member …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-54Opinion 92-12
… self-employed or performing uncompensated services) WORDS AND PHRASES -- Employment (meaning for purposes of General … if the firefighter is granted an accidental disability retirement allowance (see Retirement and Social Security Law, … 207-a on municipalities and fire districts (see 1977 NYS Legislative Annual, p 336). The legislative history …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-12Opinion 2002-6
… Memorandum of the Association of Towns of the State of New York, dated July 2, 1975, on A. 8044, enacted as L 1975; 1982 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-6Opinion 94-13
… as a result of injury or sickness incurred or resulting from the performance of duty the full amount of his or her …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-13Opinion 88-5
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (authority to cover retired employees); … officials. A town has power under an established health plan to reduce benefits for retirees and for persons eligible … to retire but not yet retired. STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE V, §7: Health insurance benefits are not within the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-5Opinion 88-24
… INTEREST -- Interest in Contract (reimbursement to board member for expenses incurred in maintaining private pond) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §800(3)(a): Town board member has an interest in a contract with the town where she and her husband are reimbursed for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-24Opinion 88-62
… (creation of capital reserve fund to finance) REFUSE AND GARBAGE -- Solid Waste Facility (creation of capital … a capital reserve fund to finance the cost of closing and capping a landfill owned by the town and may pay into … landfill will provide environmental and public health benefits into the future as well as in the present (see …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-62Opinion 88-60
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … Ribinovich , 171 Misc 569, 13 NYS2d 135; Gushee v City of New York , 42 App Div 37, 58 NYS 967; 11 Opns St Comp, 1955, p …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-60Opinion 88-6
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (authority of municipality to contribute to "defined …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-6Opinion 2002-17
… was aware of the relationship between the engineer and the low bidder. The court, in determining that, under the … his powers under the specifications favorably to [the low bidder], if it obtained the contract, and unfavorably to … if they secured it. The contract awarded to [the low bidder] is, therefore, void and should be annulled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-17Opinion 2006-5
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … of office by local law subject to mandatory referendum. You ask whether the salary of an elected town officer, other … …” Section 27(1) further provides that the town board may not fix the salaries of certain listed elected officials in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-5Opinion 2007-3
… with our conclusion. In that case, the court disallowed payment of a command officer stipend and longevity payments, as well as part of a clothing allowance, … had been no increase in the command officer stipend or longevity payments made to the next subordinate officer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-3Opinion 2006-1
… claim for compensation of town officers and employees is a prerequisite to the payment of compensation and, therefore, … of said town, whether elected, or appointed, and determine when the same shall be payable … Salaries shall be in lieu of … Law §120). 2 Municipal Home Rule law §10(1)(ii)(d)(3) does not preclude the transfer or assignment of functions, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-1Opinion 89-53
… control of the fire department (Insurance Law, §§9104[a][1]-[3]; 9105[d][2][B]-[D]). In a multi-company fire … department of which it is part (Insurance Law, §9104[f][1]; 9105[d][3][A]). Insurance Law, §§9104 and 9105, however, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Opinion 89-49
… Fees (in proceeding for appointment of administrator c.t.a. or d.b.n., or successor executor) SURROGATE'S COURT … (SCPA) based on the value of unadministered estate assets when a proceeding is brought for the appointment of an … enumerated proceedings from the imposition of a fee, does not have any application to these proceedings. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-49Opinion 88-76
… a village public library must be credited to the library fund and not to the village general fund. EDUCATION LAW, §§226(6), 255(1); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, … village for library purposes is credited to the library fund. You also ask whether private source revenues may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-76Annual Financial Report
… outstanding balance beyond its maturity date, and In the case of a bond refunding, indicate whether the refunding was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/required-reporting/annual-financial-report