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State Health Department Should Improve Enforcement of Nursing Home Violations
… Health (DOH) needs to fix problems and delays with how it is assessing fines to nursing homes after violations are … 2008, the maximum fine allowed for a violation was just $2,000 per incident even for those that result in serious … are identified. My family suffered the pain first hand of what can happen when their loved one is not properly cared …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/state-health-department-should-improve-enforcement-nursing-home-violationsComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Indictment of NYC Councilman Ruben Wills In Public Corruption Scheme
… the indictment of New York City Council Member Ruben Wills for allegedly pocketing both public campaign funds and charitable grant money for personal benefit. Mr. Wills and a member of his family … funds intended to help people were allegedly used instead for shopping trips to high-end stores. Charges such as these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-indictment-nyc-councilman-ruben-wills-publicOpinion 2000-3
… irrespective of whether the establishment or extension is subject to prior approval of the State Comptroller. You … of a town special district under Town Law, article 12 is required to be filed with the Office of the State … of the establishment or extension by the State Comptroller is not required. You also ask whether such a filing is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-3DiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores With Analysis of 10 Years of Fiscal Monitoring System Data
… announced today are for local governments operating on a calendar year basis for fiscal year 2022, covering all … DiNapoli announced that five local governments with non-calendar fiscal years were designated in stress. The Town of … fiscal year end 2022 fiscal stress scoring results for calendar year and non-calendar year municipalities, including …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scores-analysis-10-years-fiscal-monitoring-system-dataDiNapoli Releases Report on NYS Executive Budget
… caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s finances have stabilized, and the Division of Budget (DOB) is now … receipts. Proposals included in the Executive Budget will have a minimal net impact to state revenues in SFY 2024-25. … revenues. Reserve Funds The Executive and the Legislature have increased state reserve funds in recent years, including …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-releases-report-nys-executive-budgetState Agencies Bulletin No. 328
… included in OSC's future testing stages. Query names that do not conform to the new naming conventions will not be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/328-renaming-ps-queries-preparation-upgradeDiNapoli Calls for Long-Needed State Debt Reform
… debt levels, largely because measures to restrict the excessive use of debt have been circumvented over the years … translates into higher borrowing costs for the state. Excessive debt is costly to residents and misuse of debt can … All state debt should be required to be issued with a level or declining debt service structure, be limited to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-calls-long-needed-state-debt-reformDiNapoli 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-2002-17