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DiNapoli: Town of Alexander Clerk Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Nearly $3,000 of Taxpayer Funds
… cash payments made to the town for various fees and then manipulated town records to disguise her thefts. She was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-town-alexander-clerk-arrested-allegedly-stealing-nearly-3000-taxpayer-fundsOpinion 91-43
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CLAIMS -- Audit … Ministerial pre-audit functions, such as checking for mathematical accuracy, may be delegated by town board … certain ministerial "pre-audit steps", such as checking for mathematical accuracy. We expressed the opinion that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-43Administration of Non-Competitive and Limited-Competition Contracts
… a judgmental sample of 40 of ACS’s larger noncompetitive or limited competition contracts. Key Findings ACS officials … oversight of contractor performance. Officials renewed or extended contracts with some vendors that had poor … vendors, children in their care were abused by employees or foster parents. Consequently, in some cases, the health …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/06/17/administration-non-competitive-and-limited-competition-contractsGrowth in Local Sales Tax Collections Remains Strong in 2019 Due to Robust Second Half
Local sales tax collections in New York State totaled $18.3 billion in 2019 for a year-over-year increase of 4.7 percent.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/growth-in-local-sales-tax-collections-second-half-2019.pdfFirst Half of 2018: Highest Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections in Almost Eight Years
First Half of 2018: Highest Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections in Almost Eight Years
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/first-half-2018-local-sales-tax-collections.pdfSUNY Tuition: Low Out-of-State Tuition Results in Millions of Dollars in Lost Revenue, September 2009
The State University of New York (SUNY) system represents an excellent value to its many students, regardless of resident status.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/education-suny-tuition-2009.pdfXII.6.H Paying an Accidental Death Benefit – XII. Expenditures
… Investigators 67 Rent Regulation Services Note: Employees in specific bargaining units whose survivors receive full … payments provide for the State to pay a death benefit in the amount of $50,000 to an employee’s surviving spouse … Accidental Death Benefit will be paid to the beneficiaries in the same proportion, as evidenced on the Workers’ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6h-paying-accidental-death-benefitState Agencies Bulletin No. 2353
… the employee has received the full non-taxable amount. CLE Cert Lic Exam Fee Reimburse This taxable CLEFR … union dues or garnishments. Tax Information: The TRT and CLE earn codes increase the employees’ taxable gross and are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2353-new-earn-codes-tuition-reimbursement-and-certification-and-licensureOpinion 90-38
… the opinion. STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Seasonal Limited Use Highway (effect of subsequent construction of residence on) HIGHWAY LAW, §205-a: The status of a highway as a seasonal limited use highway terminates when one … Whether the town highway superintendent is required to remove snow and ice …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-38Amusement Park and Fair Ride Safety
… monitoring and enforcing safety conditions of amusement park and fair rides. The audit covered the period January 1, … monitoring and enforcing safety conditions of amusement park and fair rides …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/08/12/amusement-park-and-fair-ride-safetyOpinion 89-14
… PROPERTY TAX LAW, §986(1): A collecting officer may not request persons paying their taxes by mail who desire a tax … tax payment. You ask whether a tax collecting officer may request that persons paying their taxes by mail and desiring … part, that: Every collecting officer shall deliver or upon request forward by mail a receipt to each person paying a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-14Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-266.4
… Court System with an updated list of those unions that submit membership and dues transactions via electronic file … file submissions directly into PayServ. Other unions do not currently have the capability to do so. Agencies will no longer be allowed to process union …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-2664-updated-procedures-initiating-or-terminating-payrollState Agencies Bulletin No. 1664.1
… are properly authorized, verified and executed. As the State’s payroll administrator, OSC is responsible for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/16641-updated-procedures-initiating-or-terminating-payroll-deductions-unionOpinion 91-53
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. TOWN BOARD -- … not exceed the amount set forth in the notice of hearing on the preliminary budget unless a local law subject to … is not required to be listed in the notice of hearing on the preliminary budget. (3) A town board may provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-53Opinion 2003-5
… Retirement and Social Security Law §363-d does not apply to death benefits provided pursuant to General Municipal Law §208-b. You ask whether the … Law §363-d applies in the case of death benefits pursuant to General Municipal Law §208-b, for a firefighter who died …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-5Opinion 2005-5
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement to increase in compensation when employer contribution to retirement … for the plan of which the next subordinate police officer in the village police department is a member is increased, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-5Opinion 91-21
… estates - county chief fiscal officer's right to fees and commissions); (fees and commissions - right of county chief fiscal officer to remit … county chief fiscal officer is entitled to retain fees and commissions received in his or her capacity as administrator …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-21Opinion 88-79
… of Article VIII, section 1 of the State Constitution. We express no opinion, however, as to the types of activities … that the arrangement is permissible under Federal law. We express no opinion, however, as to whether such an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-79Opinion 88-3
… in the opinion. FINES AND PENALTIES -- Distribution by State Comptroller (fines for violations of Workers' … uninsured employers' fund created under section twenty-six-a of this chapter, provided, however, that all such fines … (Justice Court Fund). Pursuant to State Finance Law, §99-a(2), the State Comptroller is then required to pay such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-3Opinion 88-29
… however, holding that the "contract for sale, although in form concerning only the county, by implication also involves …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-29