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DiNapoli: Lockport Facing Severe Cash Flow Problems
… of Lockport will run out of cash to pay for operations in the very near future unless it secures new financing or … operations. “The city of Lockport’s accounting records are in such poor condition that city officials were in the dark about the true severity of their fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-lockport-facing-severe-cash-flow-problemsXII.8.E Payment Assignments – XII. Expenditures
… agencies should follow to approve the assignment of contract payments to an individual or entity other than … fulfill liabilities to subcontractors or other creditors of the contract. For guidance specific to Contract … only become valid when (i) an appropriate “Notice of Assignment” is submitted to the originating agency and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8e-payment-assignmentsOpinion 92-51
Whether an industrial development agency IDA may reimburse members of the IDA or the executive director of the IDA for certain travel expenses incurred by their respective spouses
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-51Medicaid Program – Improper Medicaid Payments Involving Fee-for-Service Claims for Recipients With Multiple Client Identification Numbers
… of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) recovers improper premium payments for foster care recipients with multiple … However, OMIG does not have a process to recover improper premium payments for non-foster care recipients with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/17/medicaid-program-improper-medicaid-payments-involving-fee-service-claims-recipientsOpinion 95-30
… 1723-a of the Education Law, which governed investments by school districts, was silent as to the investment of the moneys of a school district public library. In addressing the authority … library was an agency of the sponsoring municipality or school district and could invest only in the types of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-30DiNapoli: Employment Services System for New Yorkers with Disabilities Is Underutilized
… improve competitive employment opportunities and outcomes for people with disabilities. It is disappointing that this … the inequities and barriers they face when they look for employment.” There are approximately 1 million working-age adults with a disability in New York, according to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-employment-services-system-new-yorkers-disabilities-underutilizedUpdate on New York’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund: Challenges Continue
… government to support UI claims, New York is one of only seven states or territories with UI funds that continue … of the outstanding loan balance—$8.1 billion—is second only to California. In May 2022, New York State paid $1.2 … 2 Payment of this interest was largely deferred, with only $3.4 million paid. 3 As of May 31, New York has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/update-new-yorks-unemployment-insurance-trust-fund-challenges-continueState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… cooperative developments with approximately 47,000 total apartments in NYC. Apartments in Mitchell-Lama developments tend to be desirable … consequently, the waiting lists for many of these apartments can be quite lengthy. To ensure efficient turnover …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 96-15
… St Comp No. 80-334, p 98; see also Incorporated Village of Ardsley v Town of Greenburgh , 79 AD2d 628, 433 NYS2d 626, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-15Opinion 90-43
… to determine their fair meaning (McKinney's Cons Laws of NY, Book 1, Statutes, §97, p 211). Doing so in this case, we … Antonopoulou v Beame , 32 NY2d 126, 343 NYS2d 346; City of Rochester v Chiarella , 98 AD2d 8, 470 NYS2d 181, affd 63 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-43Opinion 89-65
… a contract for additional legal services between the town and his or her law firm, if the town attorney has any of the … outside counsel, the board may act by simple resolution and a local law is not required. A contract between the town and the town attorney's law firm, however, raises the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-65Opinion 88-66
… to the general principles discussed above. January 6, 1989 Matthew R. Fletcher, Esq., Attorney for School District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-66Division of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-48
… Employees whose salaries are increasing to the Job Rate with the application of the April 2010 performance advance … basis employees, except for employees budgeted as per diem with a Pay Basis Code of FEE . No Increase for employees who … the reason the employee’s salary was not increased with one of the following messages: NYS Position has both …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-48-retroactive-april-1-2010-salary-increase-employeesDivision of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-92
… agencies of OSC’s processing of the October 2016, April 2017 and October 2017 DC37 LLS payment for newly eligible employees Affected … Lump Sum payments were not paid in October 2016, April 2017 and October 2017 to employees in BU67 who became … agencies of OSCs processing of the October 2016 April 2017 and October 2017 DC37 LLS payment for newly eligible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-92-october-2016-april-2017-and-october-2017-districtState Agencies Bulletin No. 1653
… Purpose To inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2018 retroactive M/C … the implementation of this payment. Effective Date(s) The April 2018 M/C Salary Increase will be paid using the … should utilize Locked Query #49 to identify a complete list of regular earnings and retroactive adjustments if there …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1653-april-2018-managementconfidential-mc-2-salary-increaseOpinion 91-46
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … still represents our views in light of the decision of the Court of Appeals in National Westminister Bank v New York , … of office. That opinion was based upon the decision of the Court of Appeals in Kelley v McGee , 57 NY2d 522, 457 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-46Opinion 92-49
… land for recreational trail) TOWN LAW §§81,220: A proposed lease of real property for use as a town recreational trail … referendum at a special or biennial town election, if the lease payments are to be paid from moneys appropriated from … sections 81 and 220, we have previously concluded that a lease of real property for purposes authorized by sections 81 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-49DiNapoli: MTA Outlook Shows Growing Need for New Funding as Budget Gaps Widen
… runs out, but in that time, it must develop plans to cover budget gaps that start at $2.5 billion in 2025 and grow in … operations and achieve structural budgetary balance.” Budget Gaps Entering July 2022, transit ridership continued … holes in its operating costs through debt, its structural budget imbalance is clearer. Gaps are forecast at $2.5 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-mta-outlook-shows-growing-need-new-funding-budget-gaps-widenOpinion 98-23
… than thirty m.p.h., but not less than twenty-five m.p.h., only "on or along designated highways" within the village. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-23Opinion 88-62
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund … to establish one or more public dumps or dumping grounds. In addition, Town Law, §221(1) authorizes town boards to … a "physical public betterment or improvement" within the meaning and intent of General Municipal Law, §6-c (GML, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-62