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State Agencies Bulletin No. 314
… Agencies, except CUNY. Purpose To announce increases in Maintenance Rates for employee housing and meals. Affected Employees Employees with taxable or non-taxable maintenance deductions for employee housing and or meals. … Manual, Revised Item B-300, issued on March 22, 2002, maintenance rates have been increased. Attached are the rules …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/314-change-maintenance-rates-employee-housing-and-mealsCUNY Bulletin No. CU-875
… is to provide agency instructions for processing the June 2026 Security Titles Uniform Allowance Payment. Affected … of Classified Staff Labor Relations, authorizes the June 2026 payment. Effective Dates: The payments will be … in Institution Pay Period 6C, paychecks dated 06/25/2026. Eligibility Criteria: Employees in the CUNY campus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-875-cuny-june-2026-security-titles-uniform-allowance-paymentOversight of Kendra’s Law (2022-S-43)
To determine whether the Office of Mental Health (OMH) is effectively monitoring Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) to provide reasonable assurance that existing and potential AOT recipients receive their court-ordered treatment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-22s43.pdfApplication Review and Site Permitting for Major Renewable Energy Projects (2023-S-52) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Office of Renewable Energy Siting is fulfilling its obligations under State law to issue siting permits for major renewable energy projects within the required time frames.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-23s52-response.pdfOversight of Kendra's Law (2022-S-43) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the Office of Mental Health (OMH) is effectively monitoring Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) to provide reasonable assurance that existing and potential AOT recipients receive their court-ordered treatment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-22s43-response.pdfEconomic Impact: Higher Education
Higher education is an important contributor to New York’s economy. New York’s 290 degree-granting postsecondary institutions employed more than 296,000 people with total wages of around $27 billion in 2023.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/higher-education-economic-impact.pdfApplication Review and Site Permitting for Major Renewable Energy Projects (2023-S-52)
To determine whether the Office of Renewable Energy Siting is fulfilling its obligations under State law to issue siting permits for major renewable energy projects within the required time frames.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-23s52.pdfPublic Authorities by the Numbers, December 2022
The scale of authority operations is enormous, with more than 1,000 State and local entities spending more than $78 billion per year, employing more than 166,000 full- and part-time staff.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/public-authorities-2022.pdfOversight of Smart Schools Bond Act Funds (2019-S-13) 180-Day Response
To determine whether the State Education Department is monitoring the use of Smart Schools Bond Act funds to ensure that school districts have appropriately utilized them for their intended purpose.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2020-19s13-response.pdfOpinion 94-16
… governing board member and treasurer is stockholder) -- Stock Ownership (designation of bank as depository when IDA … interest solely because he or she owns less than 1% of the stock of a bank named as a depository of the IDA. In … in question owns less than 1% of the outstanding stock of the bank. Initially, we note that, by informal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-16State Agencies Bulletin No. 2188
… The limit increases each year based on the Consumer Price Index on December 31 of the previous year. The 2024 OT limit is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2188-2024-tier-6-overtime-limit-new-york-city-retirement-systemsNew York One of Only Seven States to Owe Money to Federal Unemployment Trust Fund
… to the federal Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF), New York is one of only seven states or territories with unemployment insurance (UI) funds that are in debt to the federal … of employers’ 2022 tax bills. “New York’s unemployment insurance debt has remained stubbornly high despite steady …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/new-york-one-only-seven-states-owe-money-federal-unemployment-trust-fundRecord of Activities (ROA) – Reporting Elected and Appointed Officials
… Some elected and appointed officials may participate in a time-keeping system that either shows hours worked or … are a retiree of NYSLRS or another New York State public retirement system; They are a Tier 1 member; or They are an … of time used for vacations, illness, holidays or other reasons during the three-month period, so that a full three …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/reporting-ea-officials/record-activities-roaOpinion 90-34
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Recipients (emergency rescue and first aid … emergency rescue and first aid squad within a village fire department is not entitled to receive foreign fire insurance … emergency rescue and first aid squad within a village fire department is entitled to receive foreign fire insurance tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-34Opinion 2010-3
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS: Fire Protection … expenses for its debt incurred to finance a firehouse used in connection with providing the fire protection service … the contract is one of the expenses that may be considered in the course of negotiating the "definite sum" payable by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-3Opinion 88-76
… (McQuillin, Municipal Corporations, §15.06; Reese v Lombard , 47 AD2d 493, 366 NYS2d 493). Accordingly, it is our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-76Opinion 97-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Assigned counsel (determination … (by county of claim for compensation by assigned counsel in amount fixed by court) -- Payment (without audit of claim …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-16Opinion 99-10
… cities, counties, school districts, fire districts, BOCES, district corporations and special improvement districts, to … of probable usefulness (Local Finance Law, §11.00[a]; NY Const, article VIII, §2). Periods of probable usefulness, … are not synonymous ( cf . Local Finance Law, §11.00[a][35], which prescribes ten and fifteen year periods of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-10Opinion 94-21
… signatures for all, or a reasonable class of, purchase orders. You ask whether there is any statutory requirement … that two signatures be obtained to authorize purchase orders in excess of $5,000 in towns. There is no State … signatures for all, or a reasonable class of, purchase orders. November 28, 1994 Julius Graifman, Director of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-21VIII.1.C Expenditure Transfers – VIII. Accounts Payable Journal Vouchers & General Ledger Journal Entries
… the exception of corrections made to vouchers that used an interagency vendor id (beginning with ‘042’). See Section 1.A …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-viii/viii1c-expenditure-transfers