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DiNapoli Releases Report on State Spending to Implement Raise the Age Law
… mostly of local grants to reimburse counties. Those funds totaled $468.5 million through SFY 2025. In the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-releases-report-state-spending-implement-raise-age-lawResponding to an OSC Audit Report: Audit Responses and Corrective Action Plans
… for improving operations and governance. They can also identify strategies to reduce costs and strengthen … or concerns. Where Does the Audit Response Letter Get Sent? Generally, audit responses should be addressed to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/responding-osc-audit-report-audit-responses-and-corrective-action-plansOpinion 89-44
… COMPTROLLER -- Justice Court Fund (reporting requirements for acting village justices) VILLAGE LAW, §§3-301(2)(a), … whether or not they received moneys during the month for which they are reporting. You ask if acting village … Justice Court Fund of the Office of the State Comptroller for those months during which they did not preside as a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-44Opinion 92-27
… request by an officer or employee. You state that a city council member wishes to donate his salary to a … company or credit union doing business in the State of New York, shall in any way operate to prevent the payment of such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-27Opinion 95-13
… BONDS AND NOTES -- Proceeds (use of excess) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (use of excess bond … in a special account, may not be commingled with other funds of the school district, and must be expended only for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-13Opinion 2012-1
… of a town board of assessment review) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§ 800 (3), 801, 803: A member of a town board of … disclose the interest in accordance with General Municipal Law § 803. You ask whether a member of a town board of … would have a prohibited interest in a contract of his firm to sell products for use by the town highway department. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 93-22
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BAIL MONEYS -- Disposition of (when erroneously reported to … March 22, 1993 Melvin I. Rosenblat, Director New York State Justice Court Fund … Concerning a monthly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-22Opinion 2001-6
… use) INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: Unless otherwise provided by special act, the members of a volunteer fire department … be used for the benefit of the department, as determined by the members of the department. Sections 9104 and 9105 also … and used for the benefit of each company, as determined by the members of the company. 2 This Office has expressed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-6Opinion 2002-10
… GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§119-aa, 119-bb(2), 119-dd(3): A town, after due notice and public hearing, may accept a gift of a privately-owned, family cemetery that constitutes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10Opinion 90-5
… (2): Although the town board appoints the trustees of a public library, the trustees are empowered to increase their number, subject to the … to increase the number of trustees and, if so, by what procedure and for what term the new trustees would be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-5Opinion 93-21
… You ask whether a fire district is required to solicit bids for the sale of an unneeded pumper truck. You state that … 176(23) nor any other statute requires that competitive bids be solicited for the sale of unneeded fire district … of New City Jewish Center v Flagg , 111 AD2d 814, 490 NYS 560, affd 66 NY2d 980, 499 NYS2d 395; Davis v Board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-21Opinion 96 - 11
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … v Ambro , 41 NY2d 952, 394 NYS2d 636; Ross v Wilson , 308 NY 605; Davis v Board of Education , 125 AD2d 534, 509 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-11Opinion 90-45
… contain a full explanation of the reasons for its adoption and should declare why, as a matter of fact and not mere opinion, efficiency or economy will be served. … 984, McKinney's Session Laws of 1957, p 2197). It is not a function of this Office to approve or disapprove particular …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-45Opinion 90-31
… MEETINGS AND HEARINGS -- Voting Procedures (authority to allow act by majority of quorum) LOCAL LAWS -- Voting Requirements (authority to allow act by majority of quorum) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, … HOME RULE LAW, §10(1): A committee formed by seven towns to operate a joint airport pursuant to General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31Opinion 89-11
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt … A company in a multi-company fire department may also pay all or a portion of the tax to the department of which it is … 5 of that act provides that the Association shall have all of the powers of a not-for-profit corporation, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-11Opinion 94-18
… -- Conveyances Generally (consideration required) FIRE DEPARTMENT -- Villages (existence of fire companies in villages as resulting in incorporation of fire department) NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW, §1402; VILLAGE … village results in a corporation known as the village fire department. VILLAGE LAW, §1-102(1); STATE CONSTITUTION, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-18Opinion 88-37
… to replace a similar vehicle which was in service for a year or more. Prior opinions, including 11 Opns St … finance all or part of the cost of any object or purpose for which serial or sinking fund bonds may be used. Section 21.00(a) provides that a serial bond may be used for any object or purpose having a period of probable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-37Opinion 91-35
… AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (amount of salary increases for heads of police departments) POLICEMEN AND POLICE … the provisions of law governing minimum salary increases for the heads of municipal police departments who are not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-35Opinion 91-39
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … of any municipal corporation ... to which any salary ... is attached, except ... an elective public office ..." …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-39Opinion 2002-10
… historical property within the town and provide for the upkeep and repair of such property. You ask whether a … purposes of article 5-K to mean "any building, structure, district, area, site or object, including the underground and … Law §162, authorizing the conveyance to a town of real property held for burial purposes by an unincorporated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10-0