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Opinion 92-43
… repair and maintenance of bridges and to control snow and ice. The policies and procedures may reference the … to repair and maintain bridges and to control snow and ice, without prior board approval, within the amounts … repair and maintenance of bridges and to control snow and ice pursuant to Highway Law, §140(2), because such a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-43Auditors Find Safety Hazards at Pre-K Facilities in New York City
… York City’s Department of Education’s (DOE) oversight of Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) programs found classrooms … “New York City is leading the way in providing access to Universal Pre-K programs, but some providers have health and … the New York Citys Department of Educations oversight of Universal PreKindergarten programs found classrooms with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/auditors-find-safety-hazards-pre-k-facilities-new-york-cityOpinion 90-39
… Sonmax v City of New York , 43 NY2d 253, 401 NYS2d 173; Mobil Oil v Town of Huntington , 85 Misc 2d 806, 380 NYS2d 466; … 406 NYS2d 938, affd 48 NY2d 746, 422 NYS2d 612; Mobile Oil Corporation , supra ). The duty to provide fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-39Recent Trends and Impact of COVID-19 in the Bronx
… Bronx particularly vulnerable. Indeed, the Bronx was hit hard by the pandemic — harder than the other boroughs … citywide with similar characteristics were also hard-hit. The Bronx had the City’s highest rates of … Major index crime in the Bronx (which includes murder, rape, felony assault, robbery, burglary, grand larceny and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/recent-trends-and-impact-covid-19-bronxXII.6.A Paying Another State Agency – XII. Expenditures
… with Special Use Vendor IDs as well as the Centralized Customer ID for Business Units to use when processing … Unit to OSC. Interagency Vendor ID’s are a ten-digit number starting with “042” or “043.” Using the Interagency … Billing Business Unit is the agency supplying the good or service and the Customer Business Unit is the agency paying …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6a-paying-another-state-agencyOpinion 88-67
… among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in … are informed that it is not contemplated that the partner or the law firm would be retained as an independent … to General Municipal Law, §800(3), a municipal officer or employee has an interest in any contract with his or her …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-67State Agencies Bulletin No. 2022
… State (NYS) fiscal year 2022-23 budget, OSC would like to provide notice of the possible impact to paycheck distribution and release of direct deposit funds … via the PayServ Bulletin Board and New York State Payroll Online (NYSPO) should the NYS budget or an extender bill be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2022-paycheck-distribution-april-13-2022-administration-cycle-paychecksState Agencies Bulletin No. 921
… located in downstate New York (in the MCTD) are subject to the tax. Employee payroll expenses of agencies located in upstate New York (outside of the MCTD) also are subject to this tax for employees in positions located in the MCTD. Effective Date(s) The tax is retroactive to wages paid after March 1, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/921-metropolitan-commuter-transportation-mobility-taxDiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for 17 Cities
… Batavia, Buffalo, Corning, Hornell, Lackawanna, Long Beach, Olean, Rochester, Salamanca, Syracuse, Utica, … year and could not be issued a score. The cities of Long Beach and Utica improved their scores and moved out of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-17-citiesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… of Otsego Industrial Development Agency (COIDA) – Oneonta Rail Yards Acquisition (2021M-38) COIDA did not adequately plan for the 2017 acquisition of the rail yards. The property was acquired based on a $6 million … industry that could take advantage of the property as a rail yard and be profitable. The board decided this was not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 97-18
… in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Improvement Districts (sale of real property of a county sewer district) -- Real Property (sale of real property of county sewer district) IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Real Property (sale of real property of a county sewer district) -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-18Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits have been issued. Town of Cairo – … Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits have been issued …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Small Businesses and the Economic Recovery: Work in Progress
… 2021 Businesses in New York were more severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 than in the rest of the nation, and the negative impacts on small businesses … Businesses in New York were more severely impacted by the COVID19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 than in the rest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/small-businesses-and-economic-recovery-work-progressOpinion 92-49
… in the opinion. PARKS AND RECREATION - Recreational Trail (as constituting park facility) REFERENDUM - Permissive … (need for when town leases land for recreational trail) TOWN LAW §§81,220: A proposed lease of real property for use as a town recreational trail is subject to permissive referendum, or the town board, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-49DiNapoli Releases Report on 30-Day State Budget Amendments
… by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “Several of the amendments give the Executive great latitude in … $4.55 billion to existing appropriations at the Department of Health (DOH), the Metropolitan Transportation Authority … economic projections and actual tax collection results to date, the revised revenue projections may be optimistic, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-releases-report-30-day-state-budget-amendmentsUpstate Medical University's Billing Practices
… Purpose To determine whether the Upstate Medical University’s (Upstate) billing practices are adequate to ensure that insurance carriers are billed timely and that services being provided meet carrier’s “medical necessity” requirements. Our audit scope covers the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/02/17/upstate-medical-universitys-billing-practicesWantagh Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2016M-363)
… 2014 through June 30, 2016. Background The Wantagh Union Free School District is located in the Town of Hempstead, … Wantagh Union Free School District Financial Condition 2016M363 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/09/wantagh-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-2016m-363Berkshire Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2015M-310)
… school district located on the grounds of the Berkshire Farm Center in the Town of Canaan, Columbia County. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/02/26/berkshire-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-2015m-310New Hartford Central School District – Procurement (2016M-153)
… July 1, 2014 through February 22, 2016. Background The New Hartford Central School District is located in the Towns of New Hartford, Paris and Kirkland in Oneida County and the Town of … New Hartford Central School District Procurement 2016M153 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/22/new-hartford-central-school-district-procurement-2016m-153Hilton Central School District – Payroll and Leave Accruals (2016M-220)
… 2014 through June 10, 2016. Background The Hilton Central School District is located in the Towns of Clarkson, Greece, … Hilton Central School District Payroll and Leave Accruals 2016M220 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/09/16/hilton-central-school-district-payroll-and-leave-accruals-2016m-220