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XII.8.C Payment Intercepts – XII. Expenditures
… by law and when requested by the Business Unit, the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has the ability to offset payments received from the Business Unit and offset a portion of that payment to another entity. This section provides … by law and when requested by the Business Unit the Office of the State Comptroller OSC has the ability to offset …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8c-payment-interceptsAsset Forfeiture Escrow Fund
Asset Forfeiture Escrow Fund
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/required-reporting/asset-forfeiture-escrow-fundRed Flags – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… Claims with certain characteristics may have a higher risk of error … are not routine. In today’s electronic environment, anyone with a computer and printer may be capable of replicating and … Tips or complaints about possible fraud. Understanding the symptoms of errors and fraud can help you identify claims …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/red-flagsOverview – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… claims in school districts, counties, fire districts, libraries, towns and villages and pertinent legal references. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/overviewOpinion 92-57
… this issue. Chapter 578 of the Laws of 1930, which amended then section 232 of the Village Law, provides in pertinent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-57Opinion 92-3
… or receiving gifts unconstitutionally vague as a basis for criminal prosecution). Whether the loan constitutes a gift … that contract with the town. Finally, we note that the courts of this State have held public officials to a high …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-3Opinion 2000-8
… -- Contracts for (home health care services) PUBLIC HEALTH LAW §352; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§800(3), 802(1)(f): A county public health commissioner … of the powers and duties set forth in General Municipal Law §801 (see Public Health Law §352). You further state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-8Opinion 2000-23
… to salary increase of additional amount received by other than next ranking subordinate) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND … EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (entitlement to salary increase by police chief of additional amount received by other than next ranking subordinate) WORDS AND PHRASES -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-23Opinion 91-26
… CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Architectural Services (provided to public library by firm employing daughter of library board … herself from any discussions and votes on matters relating to the contract. A public library may adopt a code of ethics … daughter of the president of the library board as a junior architect. You state that neither the board president nor his …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-26Opinion 91-24
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. SEWERS AND SEWER … §§198(1)(f), 202(5), 209; VILLAGE LAW, §14-1436: A town, on behalf of a town sewer district, may contract with a … in constructing the trunk line. You ask whether the town, on behalf of the town district, and the county, on behalf of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-24Opinion 2002-4
… work for the benefit of the town unrelated to the highway system, the cost of such work must be charged against the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-4Opinion 88-5
… opinion. INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (authority to cover retired employees); (retirees reduction of benefits) PUBLIC … may provide health insurance coverage at town expense to retired officers or employees, or a group of retired officers or employees, including retired elected …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-5Opinion 89-49
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Court Fees (in proceeding for appointment of administrator c.t.a. or … executor) SURROGATE'S COURT PROCEDURE ACT, §2402: In a proceeding for the appointment of an administrator …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-49Annual Financial Report
… in the Applications Resources section of this webpage. You may also contact our office at 1-866-321-8503, option 4. … Summary of Annual Financial Reporting Changes [.pdf] If you have any questions regarding the new Annual Financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/required-reporting/annual-financial-reportThe Increasing Threat of Identity Theft
… pain of the pandemic is a dramatic increase in identity theft during the past year. More than 67,000 complaints of identity theft were reported in New York State during 2020, … credit cards, bank accounts, business or personal loans, government benefits or other types of transactions, it …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/increasing-threat-identity-theftOpinion 2000-1
… of City of New York , 182 Misc 654, 45 NYS 2d 230; but see Hunt v Hamilton County , 235 AD2d 758, 652 NYS2d 402 [grand … to provide a defense pursuant to section 18 (see, e.g., Hunt , supra ; Matter of Polak v City of Schenectady , 181 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-1Opinion 89-4
… notes when town supervisor is director and stockholder of bank); (designation of bank as depository when town supervisor is director and … LAW, §60.10: (1) A town supervisor who is a director of a bank has a prohibited interest in the designation of the bank … Whether a town may designate a bank as a depository if the town supervisor is a director of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-4Vendor File Advisory No. 2
… FL W. OAK AVENUE W OAK AVE 45-A GRAY BOULEVARD 45-A GRAY BLVD JOHN H. SMITH JOHN H SMITH Capturing Consistent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/vendor-file-advisory/2-regarding-consistency-adding-vendor-informationOpinion 93-7
… CONTRACTS -- Contracts Requiring Bidding (service of legal process) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §103: A contract to engage the services of a firm to serve legal process is not exempt from competitive bidding requirements as a professional service. You ask whether a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-7Opinion 93-16
… by local government employees during regularly assigned work periods) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Regularly Assigned Work … earn credit under a service award program for responding to fire alarms during their "regularly assigned work … credits. You ask whether this action by the employer will permit credits to be earned. General Municipal Law, §217(c) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16