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Food Metrics Implementation (2017-S-18)
To determine if the Office of General Services is properly tracking and reporting New York State food purchases in compliance with the State Finance Law.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2017-17s18.pdfFood Metrics Implementation (2017-S-18) 90-Day Response
To determine if the Office of General Services is properly tracking and reporting New York State food purchases in compliance with the State Finance Law.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2017-17s18-response.pdfEnterprise Fraud, Waste and Abuse Prevention and Detection: Annual Report to the New York State Legislature, 2020
The New York State Legislature amended the Finance Law in 2015 by adding a new Section 8-c, which provides for the establishment of a statewide electronic syste
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/enterprise-fraud-2020.pdfOpinion 94-5
… commissions, departments and agencies of the town, it does not, in our view, provide authority for the publication … of the town board, commission, department or agency as a body. While the report may include information such as a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-5Compliance With School Safety Planning Requirements (Follow-Up)
… (City Regulations) provide additional guidance. For example, DOE’s District Safety Team must develop a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/01/11/compliance-school-safety-planning-requirements-followOpinion 89-6
… -- Distribution of (fines imposed by a court of record) JUDICIARY LAW, §§791, 796; PENAL LAW, §190.60: A fine imposed … should remain with the locality. Article 20 of the Judiciary Law (§§790, et seq .) governs the collection of … the collection of a fine has been "otherwise made by law" (Judiciary Law, §796). Our research has determined that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-6Opinion 95-17
… consideration) TOWN LAW, §§198, 202, 202-a; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1): A town board is without authority to … be sold to generate revenue for the sewer district (see 13 Opns St Comp, 1957, p 294, in which this Office concluded … enumerated in section 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law (Municipal Home Rule Law, §10[1][i],[ii]). It is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-17City of Poughkeepsie Industrial Development Agency – Project Approval and Monitoring (2021M-168)
… and calculated revenues upon which their payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) are based on. These projects have … monitor projects’ progress and document findings in writing. Require the City or one of the taxing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2022/07/08/city-poughkeepsie-industrial-development-agency-projectDiNapoli: Lake George Watershed Coalition Director Charged in $500K Grant Scheme
… Former Lake George Watershed Coalition project manager David Decker … than half a million dollars meant to protect and improve Lake George for its residents, vacationers and other visitors … subcontractors pay and falsifying grant invoices. The Lake George Watershed Coalition is a consortium of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-lake-george-watershed-coalition-director-charged-500k-grant-schemeUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-266
… USC-266.1 Purpose To inform agencies of updated procedures for processing union dues deductions in PayServ Affected … who are seeking to initiate or terminate deductions for union dues Background A recent internal review of the procedures for initiating and terminating payroll deductions for union …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-266-updated-procedures-initiating-or-terminating-payrollDiNapoli Urges Department of Labor to Improve Investigations of Hours Worked by Nurses
… The state Department of Labor (DOL) does not investigate overtime complaints by nurses in a … of DOL making a decision about the complaint. DOL also does not have set time frames for investigating complaints. … The state Department of Labor DOL does not investigate overtime complaints by nurses in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-urges-department-labor-improve-investigations-hours-worked-nursesOpinion 89-8
… of the state department of audit and control at Albany, New York, another in the state department of education at Albany, New York, and the third in the office of the clerk of such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-8DiNapoli: Florida Man Charged with Stealing Nearly $80,000 in Pension Benefits Issued to His Deceased Father
… under the supervision of Crimes Against Revenue Unit Chief Christine Burke and Bureau Chief Maureen McCormack and under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-florida-man-charged-stealing-nearly-80000-pension-benefits-issued-his-deceased-fatherOpinion 95-11
… Opns St Comp No. 92-29, p 76; 1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-35, p 106; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-23, p 39; 1984 Opns St … police departments. It is a basic principle of statutory construction that "[w]here the language of the statute is … (McKinney's Statutes, §76; Matter of Cristo Brothers, Inc. , 97 AD2d 274, 470 NYS2d 781, affd 64 NY2d 975, 489 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-11State Agencies Bulletin No. 832
… Merit Step eligible employees in Bargaining Unit 05 with a Pay Basis Code of 21P or CAL Effective Date(s) September 2008 … are effective: September 1, 2008 for employees with a Pay Basis Code of CAL The contract Begin Date for employees … OSC and the effective date of a promotion within the last calendar year will be included on the report. While some …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/832-september-2008-merit-step-listings-and-payments-certain-graded-and-nsIV.2 Governing State Statutes – IV. Accounting Codes - Uses and Descriptions
… financial statements and other reports which present fairly and with full disclosure the financial position and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-iv/iv2-governing-state-statutesTown of Rutland – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2025M-19)
… identify and correct errors. As a result, the Clerk bank account had a cash shortage of $647 as of December 1, 2023, and the tax bank account had an unidentified cash balance of $4,375 as of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/06/13/town-rutland-town-clerktax-collector-2025m-19Opinion 2005-4
… for transfer from unemployment insurance reserve fund) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§6-m, 6-p; EDUCATION LAW §§1804(6)(c), … is subject to the permissive referendum requirements of General Municipal Law §6-p for the transfer of monies from an … is subject to the permissive referendum requirements of General Municipal Law §6-p for the transfer of monies from an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-4Opinion 91-52
… GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §103; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §§10, 33; STATE CONSTITUTION, ART 1, §11; UNITED STATES … projects for up to three years. Municipal Home Rule Law, §10(l)(i) authorizes local governments to adopt and amend … of Construction Employers , 460 US 204, 75 L Ed 1, 103 S Ct 1042 [1983], the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the question …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-52Infant and Child Learning Center – The Research Foundation for the State University of New York: Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… and half-day Special Classes, full-day Special Class in an Integrated Setting, and Special Education Itinerant … for services under these programs are based on fixed fees. In addition, ICLC operated a day care program and a Department of Health-funded Early Intervention program. In 2011, the State University of New York Downstate Medical …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/06/06/infant-and-child-learning-center-research-foundation-state-university-new-york-compliance