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State Comptroller Releases Municipal Audits
… Therefore, taxpayers do not have assurance that the best prices were obtained. Officials did not obtain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/state-comptroller-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli Statement on Legislation Restoring Contract Review Authority
… who might try to game the system. “I want to thank State Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick and Assemblyman Kenneth …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-statement-legislation-restoring-contract-review-authorityNew York City Tourism Industry Hit Hard by Pandemic, Visitor Spending Drops by 73%
… I thank Comptroller DiNapoli for looking at the big picture of tourism’s impact on our city.” “Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/new-york-city-tourism-industry-hit-hard-pandemic-visitor-spending-drops-73Securities Coordinating Committee
… Transportation Authority (MTA) which also represents the NYC Transit Authority (TA) and the Triborough Bridge and … activity of the Committee. They include: City of New York (NYC) Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC) NYC Municipal Water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/debt/securities-coordinating-committeeOpinion 90-7
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES -- Employees … to defend and indemnify public officers and employees in any civil action arising out of an act or omission which … provisions. The term "public entity" is defined broadly in subdivision 1(a) of section 18 to include "... (iv) a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-7Opinion 2006-10
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Expenses (charging … Accounting (charging a portion of town engineer’s salary to special district); (crediting interest earned on the … received on general fund monies temporarily invested, are to be credited to the general fund, town-wide or general …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-10Opinion 2006-5
… town board of each town “shall fix, from time to time, the salaries of all officers and employees of said town, whether … (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 2005-9
… SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Central High School Districts (training requirement for board members) EDUCATION LAW §§1901, … district of the central high school district must take the training required by section 2102-a of the Education Law if … to the central high school board after that date. The training must be taken within the first year of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-9Opinion 88-57
… a schedule of water rates under which senior citizens who meet certain income criteria are charged at a reduced rate. … real property tax exemptions to senior citizens who meet certain income criteria (Real Property Tax Law, §467). … to water district water rents to senior citizens who meet certain income criteria is a permissible classification. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-57Opinion 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 88-77
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Exceptions … corporation would not have a prohibited interest in contracts between the district and the corporation for the provision by the corporation of arts-in-education programs to the district. However, disclosure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-77Opinion 97-18
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Improvement Districts (sale of … must be approved by a majority of the qualified electors in the sewer district. A county sewer district is an … real estate, easements, rights of way, and other interests in real estate necessary to accomplish the purposes of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-18Opinion 91-8
… CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Powers and Duties (execution of fire district bonds and payment of principal and interest on … §61.00(a); TOWN LAW, §177: When a secretary-treasurer of a fire district performs the functions of executing the … inconsistent. You ask whether the secretary-treasurer of a fire district would have a conflict of interest if he or she …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-8Opinion 94-7
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. AMBULANCE SERVICES -- Fees (imposition of … department and may not supersede the prohibition contained in General Municipal Law, §209-b(4) pursuant to its home rule … A squad generally may render emergency ambulance service in cases of fires, accidents, calamities or other emergencies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-7Opinion 2004-2
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- Family Relationships … of real property leased to gravel vendor) -- Interest in Contracts (town board member whose spouse leases real … property to the town, and (1) the lease was entered into in anticipation or as a direct consequence of the vendor's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-2Opinion 2001-12
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent … of section 18 of the Public Officers Law on employees of a public library: either (1) the board of trustees of the … confer the benefits of section 18 on library employees as a public library expense; or (2) the governing board of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-12State Agencies Bulletin No. 2184
… 6 members of ERS Plan Type 87 are affected. Background: In accordance with Chapter 368 of the Laws of 2018, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2184-tier-6-pensionable-overtime-ot-earnings-limit-calendar-year-2024XIII.2.B Expense Report Submission – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement
… be submitted by the employee or the employee’s assigned proxy. If a proxy is used, the agency must follow the process outlined in … Reimbursement Policies of this Chapter. Additionally, the proxy must be approved by the employee’s supervisor and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii2b-expense-report-submissionCUNY Bulletin No. CU-740
… increase for employees represented by IUPAT, Local 1969 in Bargaining Unit T5. Affected Employees Employee represented by IUPAT, Local 1969 in Bargaining Unit T5 are affected. Effective Dates Effective in paychecks dated June 16, 2022. OSC Actions At the request …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-740-international-union-painters-and-allied-trades-iupat-localState Agencies Bulletin No. 1855
The purpose of this bulletin is to request verification of the agency address that will be displayed on Employee Form W2 for Tax Year 2020
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1855-verification-agency-return-address-employee-form-w-2-wage-and-tax