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DiNapoli Audit Finds MTA Needs to Strengthen Extreme Weather Preparations
… agencies – Bridges & Tunnels (B&T), NYC Transit Department of Buses (Transit Bus), and MTA Bus Company (MTA Bus) need to … New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found a lack of maintenance and inspections of resiliency equipment, and a failure to follow weather …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-audit-finds-mta-needs-strengthen-extreme-weather-preparationsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1100
… provided health benefits to an employee for a domestic partner. Historically, marriages between same-sex couples … Income Regular (IIR) Earnings Code, if any, for Domestic Partner. The addition of the new Imputed Income-No State … new Earnings Codes. Questions Questions regarding Domestic Partner Health Benefits, should be directed to the NYS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1100-new-imputed-income-earnings-codes-health-benefits-provided-marriedDiNapoli Statement on Sentencing of Special Education Provider
… Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance for prosecuting this case and making sure justice was done. “Recent audits by my office have continued to find patterns of mismanagement and abuse in the preschool … my efforts to make sure tax dollars intended for students with special needs are spent as intended and not used to line …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/dinapoli-statement-sentencing-special-education-providerDiNapoli and James Announce Guilty Plea of Former New York City Council Candidate in Straw Donation Scheme
… NEW YORK - New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Letitia James today announced that former New York City Council … accepted straw donations orchestrated by George Gonzalez and Anna Mendez, two employees of a Bronx non-profit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/dinapoli-and-james-announce-guilty-plea-former-new-york-city-council-candidate-straw-donation-schemeOpinion 94-1
… are generally parallel to those contained in articles 12 and 12-A of Town Law (§190 et seq.) relative to town special … Corp. v County of Suffolk, 71 NY2d 91, 524 NYS2d 8; Con Ed v Town of Red Hook, 60 NY2d 99, 468 NYS2d 596). The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-1Opinion 94-14
… projects as constituting modifications) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §854(4): General Municipal Law, §854(4), as amended by the Laws of 1993, chapter 356, … is not prohibited by the amended General Municipal Law, §854(4), is a question of fact. You inform us that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-14Opinion 90-47
… may reimburse a former town superintendent of highways for legal expenses incurred in defending a lawsuit brought … may reimburse a former town superintendent of highways for legal expenses incurred in defending a lawsuit brought …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-47Opinion 90-2
… town within which the village is located (see 1970 Opns St Comp No. 70-502, unreported). Although a village may … services provided to village residents (see 1983 Opns St Comp No. 83-117, p 146). In the instant case, however, the … ). February 20, 1990 Daniel J. Kwarta, Mayor Village of East Bloomfield …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-2Opinion 90-1
… are credited to the general fund, town-wide (1980 Opns St Comp No. 80-784, p 214; see also 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-614, unreported; 29 Opns St Comp 1973, p 173; 1970 Opns St Comp No. 70-753 unreported; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-1Opinion 89-22
… issues discussed in the opinion. STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Traffic Signals (responsibility of towns to install and … TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (responsibility to install traffic signals) TOWN LAW, §64(16); VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1651, 1652-a, 1652-b, 1660, 1682, 1684: Where …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-22Opinion 88-47
… in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Enforcement (applicability of general statutes of limitations to lien enforcement) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §§902, 1422: The enforcement of liens for unpaid county and village taxes is not barred by any of the statutes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-47Opinion 89-18
… for wages lost from his or her regular job while attending courses of training required of assessors. A town is entitled … all appointed assessors must complete additional courses in a continuing training and education program … Property Law, §48-a). In the alternative, the town may institute a civil action to recover the amount of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18Opinion 91-42
… village funds) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §119-n; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10[1][i]; VILLAGE LAW, §4-408: A village and … department as, for example, membership dues, foreign fire insurance tax proceeds (see Insurance Law, §§9104, 9105) and … (see General Municipal Law, §119-n). As to the village's home rule power in this instance, we note that villages are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-42DiNapoli: NY State Pension Fund Purchases $20 Million in State of Israel Bonds
… Retirement Fund has purchased an additional $20 million in Israel bonds offered by Development Corporation for Israel, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli … The purchase brings the state pension fund’s holdings in Israel bonds to $267.8 million. “New York state’s pension …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/dinapoli-ny-state-pension-fund-purchases-20-million-state-israel-bondsII.1 New York State Financial Accounting Overview – II. New York State Financial Accounting
… and process of the constitutional system of budgeting in New York State. These responsibilities are provided in … and various other sections of the State Finance Law. The New York State Financial Cycle. New York State Financial Accounting using the budgetary … responsibility for prescribing methods of accounting New York State Financial Cycle New York State Financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ii/ii1-new-york-state-financial-accounting-overviewXIX.1 Overview – XIX. Project Costing (PCIP)
… SFS to serve a multitude of business processes for State Agencies including facilitating billing to the Federal Government, tracking capital spending cost and other various … to use ESA within SFS, and are referred to as “onboarding agencies”. Currently, DOL and DOT are the only onboarded …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xix/xix1-overviewXIII.10.A Refunds Owed to the State by an Employee - Using a State-Issued Check – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement
… Process and Document Preparation: When an employee returns a State-issued check resulting from an expense report, the Business Unit must follow the check cancellation procedures for joint custody bank accounts outlined in Chapter XII, … When an employee returns a Stateissued check resulting from an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii10a-refunds-owed-state-employee-using-state-issued-checkXII.9.F Correcting Payments Processed Against the Incorrect Purchase Order – XII. Expenditures
… SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES The purpose of this section is to provide guidance to … payments processed against the wrong purchase order when funds are still active. Paying against the wrong … The purpose of this section is to provide guidance to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii9f-correcting-payments-processed-against-incorrect-purchase-orderDiNapoli: Former Ontario Town Water Superintendent Charged With Covering Up Failure to Fix Water Leaks
… Former Ontario Water Superintendent Rodney Peets was arraigned in Wayne County today on charges of offering a … Former Ontario Water Superintendent Rodney Peets was arraigned in Wayne County today on charges of offering a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-former-ontario-town-water-superintendent-charged-covering-failure-fix-water-leaksXV.2 Fiscal Year Period – XV. End of Year
… The Fiscal Year period in the Statewide Financial System (SFS) is April 1 – March 31, the State Fiscal Year, for all Business Units, including those which … The Fiscal Year period in the Statewide Financial System SFS is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xv/xv2-fiscal-year-period