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DiNapoli: Executive Budget Reduces Out-Year Gaps, Diminishes Independent Oversight
… flat, it expects such revenues to rise by $4.2 billion, or 5.6 percent, in SFY 2017-18, in part because of the … three years. Federal aid is projected to rise by $1.4 billion, or 2.6 percent, in the coming year and by $4.2 … Aid. Projects state-funded Medicaid spending to rise by 5.1 percent to $23.4 billion in SFY 2017-18, with federal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/02/dinapoli-executive-budget-reduces-out-year-gaps-diminishes-independent-oversightOpinion 94-18
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Whether it is necessary for the members of a village volunteer fire department to form a notforprofit corporation constituting the incorporated village fire department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-18Opinion 2003-2
… with the village and shall become part of the village for fire protection purposes. 2 Neither sections 17-1704 and 17-1720(1), nor any other … Law §§170[1], [4], 176, 183, 184; see also Village Law §§2-252[1][b], [6], 2-254, 19-1914). Therefore, when a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-2Opinion 90-48
… not a bidder is responsible, a bidder can be required to answer questions designed to elicit relevant information as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-48Opinion 2005-5
… to the police chief in section 207-m, in our view, do not apply. In reaching this conclusion, we are mindful … Since employer contributions under the System, as noted, do not increase the defined benefits to the employee under … police officer. As noted above, such contributions do not in any way increase the retirement benefits of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-5Opinion 88-60
… ( Williams v Gallatin , 229 NY 248; Rivet v Burdick , 255 App Div 131, 6 NYS2d 79; People v 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 159; 15 Opns … terms which are fair and reasonable ( Blank v Browne , 217 App Div 624, 216 NYS 664). This Office has advised that, in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-60Opinion 88-50
… in a capital reserve fund to pay for work on a 15 year old, 250,000 gallon water storage tank. You state the work, … improvement' rather than a 'repair' is often whether old, worn materials are completely replaced with new … a number of factors must be considered, including whether old, worn materials are completely replaced, whether the work …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-50Opinion 2010-2
… v Ambro , 41 NY2d 952, 394 NYS2d 636; Ross v Wilson , 308 NY 605; Davis v Board of Education of the Hewlett-Woodmere … v County of Suffolk , supra , the County had conducted an auction for the sale of several parcels of surplus real … Code, and as stated in the terms and conditions of the auction, the execution and delivery of a deed for such a sale …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-2Opinion 2010-4
… neither situation, however, may a fee be imposed upon the person served for the services provided under the contract … emergency treatment or transporting sick or injured person found within the boundaries "of the municipality" to a … to section 209-b must be furnished without cost to the person served. 6 Accordingly, a fire district that has in its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-4Opinion 88-37
… 28.00(a): The purchase of a passenger vehicle to be used as a police car may be financed by the issuance of … city may finance the purchase of five automobiles to be used as police cars by the issuance of a capital note. … or purpose for which serial or sinking fund bonds may be used. Section 21.00(a) provides that a serial bond may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-37Opinion 98-20
… if the person has satisfactorily completed a training course offered by the State Office of Fire Prevention and Control, or an equivalent course as approved by that office. There is nothing in … by general or "local law" if the person has completed a course offered or approved by the State Office of Fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 98-18
… care and the transportation of sick or injured persons by motor vehicle, aircraft or other forms of transportation to, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-18Opinion 97-6
… discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Emergency (911) Telephone System (use of surcharge revenues to construct … access service within such municipality (County Law, §303[1]). Section 307 authorizes the expenditure of surcharge … dismissed 60 NY2d 701 467 NYS2d 1029). However, it is a general rule of statutory construction that " ... in enacting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-6Opinion 98-8
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … source requirements) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §103; STATE FINANCE LAW, §162; CORRECTION LAW, §184: A political … notification procedures of section 162[4][b] of the State Finance Law. You ask whether a town is required to obtain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-8Opinion 2000-2
… RULE LAW, §10(l)(i): A village, by resolution, may provide for bands, movies and similar events as part of its … youth programs. It also may enter into agreements with not-for-profit agencies accepting federal funds pursuant to the … In addition, it may, by local law, further provide for the promotion of literary, graphic, dramatic and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-2Transaction Number Requirement
… Reporting Information System (PARIS) screen and in the bulk load to capture Transaction Number. Completing the … the previous year’s data forward, or entering it in the bulk load. If a procurement transaction does not include a Transaction Number on the PARIS screen or in the bulk load, PARIS will not validate and will generate an error …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/public-authorities/transaction-number-requirementComptroller DiNapoli & A.G Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former Met Council Director
… York State Comptroller DiNapoli, as part of the Joint Task Force on Public Integrity. Attorney General Schneiderman and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-met-council-directorXI.2.L Contract Signature Page – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… or amendments between the State of New York and any contractor (whether individual, partnership, or corporate) must have proper acknowledgment of the contractor's signature affixed thereto (See Section 2.M - Acknowledgment of Contractor’s Signature of this Chapter, for additional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi2l-contract-signature-pageXI.18.E Public Officers Law – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… to be followed when contracting with current and former New York State employees. CONTRACTING WITH FORMER NYS … on Ethics and Lobbying in Government 540 Broadway Albany, New York 12207 1-800-87ETHIC (1-800-873-8442) … to be followed when contracting with current and former New York State employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi18e-public-officers-lawXI.12.C Surety Takeovers – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… documented below, OSC will update the New York State Vendor File information for the defaulted contractor to route … the defaulted (original) contractor, not the surety vendor. CONTRACTS APPROVED BY OSC To obtain OSC approval of a … Surety information, including the surety’s New York State Vendor ID; A summary of the events leading to the termination …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi12c-surety-takeovers