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State Comptroller DiNapoli: $360M Needed to Repair Local Dams
… To find local data on dams across New York, go to: http://wwe1.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/dams/dams.cfm Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-360m-needed-repair-local-damsOpinion 93-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State … VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (credit for activities performed by local government employees during … Permitting a volunteer firefighter to take time off to respond to fire alarms does not alter the periods …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16Opinion 96-5
… exemption applies in the situation in which the counsel for MVAIC represents the appellant on behalf of MVAIC but the … the absence of any statutory or judicial definition, the word "fee" should be given its commonly understood meaning (2 … , Inc. , 283 NY 373, 381 [1940]). We have construed the word to mean fees paid to public officers for services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-5Opinion 91-46
… the State and local governments ( Olmsted v. Meahl , 219 NY 270, 114 N.E. 393). As a clerk of the courts, the County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-46DiNapoli Report Examines Troubling Child Poverty Trends
… less likely to complete high school and college, making it hard to later become employed. When every child has a safe …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-report-examines-troubling-child-poverty-trendsOpinion 97-9
… impact on board member's business) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§801, 806: A village board member who has a financial … the two board members. Article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§800 et seq .) contains the provisions of law which relate to conflicts of interest of municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-9DiNapoli & NYC Make it Easier to Save for College
… to attend college. We're grateful to New York City and to NYC Kids RISE for their efforts to increase college … Office of the State Comptroller by the Mayor's Office and NYC Kids RISE. "The elimination of the minimum contribution … the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and chair of NYC Kids RISE . "The NYC Kids RISE Save for College Program …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-nyc-make-it-easier-save-collegeOpinion 2001-11
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- Powers and Duties (of … of a corporation would not have a prohibited interest in contracts between the fire district and corporation for … or she does not have any of the powers and duties listed in General Municipal Law §801 in connection with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-11Opinion 90-51
… "emergency service network number" to each parcel. These numbers alert the person who receives the call as to which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-51Opinion 89-27
… PHRASES -- "Compensation" (for purposes of County Law, §200) NY STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE I, §11; UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 14; COUNTY LAW, §200: A non-charter county by resolution may provide that county … to the salaries payable to supervisors. County Law, §200(1) provides in pertinent part: ... The board of supervisors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-27Opinion 91-30
… the vendor (see General Municipal Law, §800[3][c]). Unless one of the exceptions in General Municipal Law, §802 is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-30Opinion 96-21
… control district was established in 1987 pursuant to a petition of property owners which asked the town board to … the State Comptroller under then existing law because the petition did not ask for a capital improvement whose cost … Town beach erosion control districts may be established by petition (Town Law, §190 et seq .) or by town board motion …
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 … fire insurance tax moneys "except as otherwise provided in any special law". Sections 9104 and 9105 provide that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-11Opinion 90-31
… action must establish a committee composed of a member from each town board. The committee is empowered to acquire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31Opinion 89-9
Concerning the disposition of an unclaimed paycheck of a deceased county employee who died intestate
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-9Opinion 88-78
… -- Contract for (additional protection by county to village); (additional protection by town to village) -- Financing (exemption of village from town tax … police department by adoption of a local law subject to permissive referendum. State or local civil service …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-78DiNapoli: City of Corning's Economic Development and Smart Growth Initiatives Build on Stable Fiscal Picture
… Other attractions and events in the city include: two world-class museums – the Corning Museum of Glass … visitors a year) and the Rockwell Museum, one of only two Smithsonian affiliates in upstate New York. Economic … using an $80,000 state grant it received to update its two decades old Comprehensive Plan. The updated plan, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-city-cornings-economic-development-and-smart-growth-initiatives-build-stable-fiscal-pictureOpinion 2005-5
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … LAW §207-m: If a village’s employer contribution to the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-5Opinion 92-13
… among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … -- Procedural Requirements (necessity to address only a single subject) -- Terms of Office (single local law may increase terms of several elective town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-13Town of Freetown - Records and Reports (2018M-213)
… reports. The bookkeeper did not record all expenditures in the general and highway funds in a timely manner. The … update document (AUD) was not filed in a timely manner for the 2017 fiscal year. Key Recommendations The Supervisor … Town officials did not provide a written response for this report. … Determine whether the Supervisors maintained …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/01/18/town-freetown-records-and-reports-2018m-213