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Opinion 90-42
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CITIES -- Fees (filing of in rem tax foreclosure lists) FEES -- Exemption from (housing authority) -- Liability for (city tax districts) PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY -- Fees (exemption from filing and recording fees) REAL PROPERTY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-42Existential Questions Facing National Public Transit Systems Create New Fiscal Pressures for MTA
… service is especially critical to the economic health of New York City and its residents. More than half of City … used public transit to commute to work in 2019. The New York City metro area also had the largest share of … in the U.S. (see Figure 1). The use of public transit in New York City fosters foot traffic and economic activity in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/existential-questions-facing-national-public-transit-systems-create-new-fiscal-pressures-mtaState Agencies Bulletin No. 2239
… Adjusted Hire Date: OSC has developed an ORP/VDC Breaks Calculator and comprehensive ORP/VDC Breaks in Service Job … agencies with the breaks in service calculation. The calculator should be used by agencies when calculating breaks … be used to calculate the new 366/7 Year dates for up to 20 employees. Email the spreadsheet with the filename, “New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2239-calculating-projected-366-day-completion-date-andor-projected-7-yearDiNapoli: As Share of New Yorkers Without Health Insurance Reached New Low, Disparities Persisted Among Black, Asian, and Latino Populations
… available). Coverage disparities persist among the state’s Black, Asian and Latino populations and higher uninsured … not have insurance, compared to 10% of Hispanic and 6% of Black and Asian New Yorkers. The highest uninsurance rates …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-share-new-yorkers-without-health-insurance-reached-new-low-disparities-persisted-among-blackDiNapoli: Executive Budget Reduces Out-Year Gaps, Diminishes Independent Oversight
… The $162.2 billion Executive Budget includes proposals to address infrastructure needs … while reducing out-year gaps, but shifts some spending off-budget and would expand Executive authority to reshape … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "The 2017-18 Executive Budget seeks to balance spending and revenue and proposes …
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-88-37Life Changes: Membership in a Nutshell
… benefits is one of the first and most important steps in planning your future. Your Retirement System is here to … including our 5 Step Plan for Retirement and Retirement Planning Checklist . Attend a pre-retirement presentation to … to receive as a NYSLRS member is important step in planning your future This booklet will help …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/life-changes-membership-nutshellOpinion 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
… by qualified charitable non-profit-making agencies for the blind approved for such purposes by the Commissioner of … approved charitable non-profit-making agencies for the blind. If not available from either of those two sources, the … for sale by qualified non-profit making agencies for the blind and those for the other severely handicapped, by …
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-2000-2