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Opinion 96-5
… requesting an opinion on the applicability of the fee provision of CPLR, §8022(b), to an appeal involving the … public officers for services performed, such as statutory recording fees, sheriff fees, or court filing fees (8 Opns St … NYS2d 367 affd sub nom Monje v MVAIC , 42 Misc 2d 817, 248 NYS 832 [1963]). Therefore, it is our opinion that for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-5Opinion 97-9
… defined in General Municipal Law, §800(2) as any "claim, account or demand against or agreement with a municipality, … the proposed zoning change is not a contract within the meaning of article 18 and, as a result, that section 801 is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-9DiNapoli & NYC Make it Easier to Save for College
… will drop to 0.15 percent, meaning participants will pay $1.50 in program fees each year for every $1,000 invested …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-nyc-make-it-easier-save-collegeOpinion 2001-11
Whether an assistant chief of a fire department who owns more than 5 of the stock of a corporation would have a prohibited interest in contracts for radios
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-11Opinion 90-51
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-51Opinion 89-27
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … -- "Compensation" (for purposes of County Law, §200) NY STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE I, §11; UNITED STATES … by resolution may provide that county supervisors who take office after a certain date be required to contribute a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-27Opinion 91-30
… individually or as a member of a board, has the power or duty to: (a) negotiate, prepare, authorize or approve the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-30Opinion 96-21
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Beach Erosion … of a sand-filled geotube at a town-owned beach in a town beach erosion control district which was damaged by … absence of a statutory definition, the natural and obvious meaning of the phrase would apply (McKinney's Statutes, §74). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-21Opinion 89-11
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt … expend foreign fire insurance tax moneys to rent a room in which to meet, if the meetings are for the purpose of … and bear a close relationship to the commonly understood meaning of the language used in that act. April 4, 1989 Earle …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-11Opinion 90-31
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31DiNapoli: City of Corning's Economic Development and Smart Growth Initiatives Build on Stable Fiscal Picture
… The City of Corning, home to a Fortune 500 company and serving as a regional hub for art and … the city and the region is Corning Inc., one of only a few Fortune 500 companies headquartered in upstate New York. It …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-city-cornings-economic-development-and-smart-growth-initiatives-build-stable-fiscal-pictureOpinion 89-9
… LOST PROPERTY -- Compensation of Employees (disposition of unclaimed paycheck of deceased employee) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (disposition of unclaimed paycheck of deceased employee) SURROGATE'S COURT … by, an employee..." (SCPA, §1310[1][a][v]), and the "money payable by a public corporation... to, or to the estate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-9Opinion 88-78
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Contract for … for town police services) -- Police Chief (necessity for in village) -- Police Department (abolishment of in village); (necessity of if village has justice court); …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-78Town of Freetown - Records and Reports (2018M-213)
… maintained complete, accurate and up-to-date accounting records and reports to allow the Board to properly manage the … to maintain complete, accurate and up-to- date accounting records and reports. The bookkeeper did not record all expenditures in the general and highway funds in a timely manner. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/01/18/town-freetown-records-and-reports-2018m-213Opinion 2005-5
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … head of the police department shall be increased by at least the same dollar amount of the base salary increase …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-5Opinion 92-13
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Procedural Requirements … PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Terms of Office (change in terms of town offices from two to four years) MUNICIPAL … believe such a local law embraces "one subject" within the meaning of Municipal Home Rule Law, §20(3); that is, an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-13Opinion 92-25
… assume command, or attempted to instruct the fire chief on how to fight a fire (see Memoranda to the Governor by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-25Opinion 2002-5
… open space preservation) MUNICIPAL FUNDS-- Capital Reserve Fund (authority to establish for acquisition of development … space preservation) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§6-c, 11, 247; LOCAL FINANCE LAW §11.00(a): A town may provide in its … article 25-aaa). A reserve fund is a device that permits a local government to finance certain local government …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-5Opinion 96-23
… Exemption (of towns from court fees) TOWNS -- Liability (for court fees) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §8017: Section 8017 of the Civil Practice Law and … a fee from the state, or an agency or officer thereof, for any service rendered in an action in which any of them is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-23XI.18.D Sales and Compensating Use Tax Documentation – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… NOTE: The certification provisions of Tax Law Section 5-a do not apply to a contract that the procuring covered agency …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi18d-sales-and-compensating-use-tax-documentation