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… information about your NYSLRS retirement benefits (by phone, email or mail) and update your contact information, including your address and phone number. In addition, your agent will be able to: Find …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/power-attorneyState Health Department Should Improve Enforcement of Nursing Home Violations
… assessment of the scope and severity of citations. Between calendar years 2007 and 2014, DOH generally inspected all … cited and a fine is imposed. Auditors analyzed data from calendar year 2014, and found the average time between when …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/state-health-department-should-improve-enforcement-nursing-home-violationsOpinion 88-24
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … a town recreation program. These costs include gasoline, electricity, the cost of use of a tractor and compensation … the private pond, such as the cost of gasoline and electricity, but also for the use of a tractor and for labor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-24DiNapoli: Problems Persist at Many Hotels and Motels Used to House Homeless
… Although OTDA has assigned responsibility for the inspection of such housing to the SSDs, it remains … more (i.e., Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers), the inspection functions are performed by city officials; DOH is … across districts and confusion still exists regarding the inspection process. Additionally, OTDA has not provided SSDs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-problems-persist-many-hotels-and-motels-used-house-homelessOpinion 94-13
… of the General Municipal Law requires a city (other than New York City), town, village or fire district to pay to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-13Opinion 90-54
… discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (equitable distribution of benefits in … other person. We have been asked to discuss the procedures for the equitable distribution of retirement benefits payable from the New York State and Local Retirement Systems (hereinafter …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-54Opinion 2002-6
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Improvements (whether required at request of adjacent property owners based solely on … town perform any upgrades or improvements on such highway at the request of adjacent property owners. This is in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-6Opinion 2006-5
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … (compare Bogack i v Zolemski , 143 Misc 140, 256 NYS 166 affd 238 AD 764, 261 NYS 1036 and Benjamin v Town of Fenton , 892 F Supp 64, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-5Opinion 2007-3
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement to “other compensation” when no … Whether the police chief is also entitled to reimbursement for criminal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-3Opinion 2006-1
… Town Law §120, certification of the payroll or other claim for compensation of town officers and employees is a … such employee has not yet completed the final day of work for that period. You suggest that payment prior to the … shall be in lieu of all fees, charges or compensation for all services rendered to the town or any district or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-1Opinion 89-53
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … funds collected pursuant to the Insurance Law" (51 NY2d at 195, 196, 433 NYS2d at 74). Similarly, in subsequent litigation between these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Opinion 89-49
… the appointment of an administrator d.b.n. ("administrator de bonis non") when the office of administrator becomes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-49Opinion 88-62
… These rules and regulations also provide that in the case of landfills, minimum closure measures must include at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-62Opinion 88-60
… fair reasonable terms for such arrangements. You ask under what circumstances an agreement designated as a "license" or … Concerning what circumstances an agreement designated as a license or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-60Opinion 88-6
… into between a town and a local bank constitutes a local retirement system for purposes of section 113(a) of the … 113(a) prohibits municipalities from establishing a local retirement system for its officers or employees after April … Law, §201[4]). Section 113(a) does not define the term "retirement system." However, the provisions of section 113 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-6Opinion 88-5
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (authority to cover retired employees); (retirees … AND EMPLOYEES -- Retirement Benefits (reduction of health insurance benefits) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §92-a: A town may … establishing a personnel policy of providing health insurance at town expense to retired employees with at least …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-5Opinion 88-76
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Investments (of private moneys) … public library may be invested by the library trustees in investments which they deem to be for the best interests … of a matter to a governing board and is silent as to the mode of its exercise, the governing board expresses its will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-76Opinion 92-12
… Municipal Law, §207-a(1) requires a city (other than New York City), town, village or fire district to pay to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-12Opinion 2002-17
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … You indicate that the town is considering engaging the services of a construction manager to assist in certain … If the construction management firm has a separate division that performs general construction work, you ask …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-17Opinion 2000-3
… -- Establishment (filing town special district final orders with State Comptroller) STATE COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties (filing town special district final orders) TOWN CLERK -- Powers and Duties (filing town special district final orders with State Comptroller) TOWN LAW, §§194, 195, 209-f, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-3