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Opinion 90-16
… 801, 802(2)(e); PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, §§2(g), 343, 351: A member of a county board of health would have a conflict of … 301; In re Board of Health of Village of Lansingburg , 43 App Div 236, 60 NYS 27; but cf . People ex rel. Van Denbergh v Town Board of Town of Colonie , 254 App Div 54, 4 NYS2d 434, pertaining to the status of a local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-16Opinion 88-52
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Purchases and Sales (community college … Whether the abovementioned individuals all of whom are paid by the county are required to comply with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-52Opinion 2012-1
… purchases of commodities by a town ( see e.g . 2006 Ops St Comp No. 2006-11, at 32). Unless an exception set … in contracts between the firm and the town ( see 2008 Ops St Comp No. 2008-2). The powers and duties of a board of … article 5, title 1-A, § 522 et seq .; compare e.g . 1992 Ops St Comp No. 92-43, at 109). Therefore, the board member's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 88-75
… in the lawsuit by another firm but that the principal lawyer representing the city has recently left that firm and … costly, as well as time consuming, to the city for a new lawyer from the prior firm to become expert in the case. You …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-75Opinion 96 - 14
… the contract or approve payments thereunder; (b) audit bills or claims under the contract; or (c) appoint an officer … of audit, properly itemized and verified or certified bills for materials, supplies or services furnished to the … at each of its regular meetings, together with the bills supporting the expenditures, for audit and the board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-14Opinion 92-27
… by a bank, trust company or credit union (see 1979 Opns St Comp, No. 79-31, p 5; see also Diehl v Sheehan , 233 AD … Home Rule Law, §10[1], [ii][a][1]; see, e.g., 1982 Opns St Comp No. 82-231, p 291; 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-382, p 420, 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-402, p 444). We are not aware …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-27Opinion 91-63
… (§800, et seq .) contains provisions of law which relate to conflicts of interest of municipal officers and employees. Pursuant to General Municipal Law, §800(3), a municipal officer or … contract. In addition, an officer or employee is deemed to have an interest in, inter alia , any contract of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63Opinion 2001-9
… contracts between the county and either a local chamber of commerce or an empire zone corporation, if he serves, in a … that both the empire zone corporation and the chamber of commerce are not-for-profit corporations. We are also … 802(1)(b) may also apply to a contract with the chamber of commerce. The exception in section 802(1)(b) applies to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-9Opinion 98-5
… burying a deceased public assistance recipient. 10 Opns St Comp 1954, p 217 superseded to the extent inconsistent with … the burial of a public assistance recipient, but would be required to disclose his or her interest in the contract in … bidding requirements or, when competitive bidding is not required, with a request for proposals or quotation process …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-5Opinion 2008-1
… v County of Suffolk , 66 NY2d 354, 497 NYS2d 329; 1988 Ops St Comp No. 88-77, at 147). The disclosure requirements … on matters involving the not-for-profit entity ( see 1992 Ops St Comp No. 92-30, at 78; but cf . 30 Ed Dept Rep 236 … Education of the Hauppauge Union Free School District 1 In Ops St Comp No. 92-30, supra , we concluded that, because a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-1Opinion 90-28
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … or employee or of any municipal agency over which he has jurisdiction or to which he has the power to appoint any … , 157 AD2d 252, _____ NYS2d _____. In Cahn , supra , the court was asked to invalidate planning board approval of two …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-28Proposed Regulations
… is amended to read as follows: c. MTA subsidiaries shall mean the Long Island Rail Road Company, the Metro-North … Part 202.2 (h) is amended to read as follows: h. Gap shall mean the difference between projected revenues and expenses … amended to read as follows: i. Gap-closing program shall mean any combination of [management]actions that reduce costs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/proposed-regulationsOpinion 92-48
… a portion of the capital improvement is sold. 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-71, p 107 is superseded to the extent inconsistent. You ask whether 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-71, p 107 still represents the views of this … Whether 1987 Opns St Comp No 8771 p 107 still represents the views of this Office …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-48Opinion 98-9
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. AMBULANCE DISTRICTS … a general ambulance service or a combination thereof on a town-wide basis or in an ambulance district, may fix a … of fees or charges for the services to be provided on a town-wide basis or within an ambulance district, persons …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-9Opinion 89-65
… board may act by simple resolution and a local law is not required. A contract between the town and the town attorney's … employee receives a direct or indirect pecuniary benefit from a contract, an officer or employee is deemed to have an … one or more of these section 801 functions (1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-102, p 101). We also note that since it is the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-65XIV.3.C Distribution of STIP Investment Earnings – XIV. Special Procedures
… or charge interest to funds based upon the funds’ average daily balance during the preceding month. Eligible funds will … set of chartfields. Additionally, residual average daily balances may cause future STIP allocations to post to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv3c-distribution-stip-investment-earningsOpinion 88-13
… issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Insurance Transactions (village mayor as vice-president and stockholder of insurance company) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §801(1) - Village … stockholder of more than 5% of the outstanding stock of an insurance agency would have a prohibited conflict of interest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-13Opinion 2001-11
… 801 of the General Municipal Law) -- Purchases and Sales (assistant fire chief as stockholder of corporation doing … with fire district) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §801: An assistant chief of a fire district fire department who owns … to, and the repair of radios for, the fire district if, as assistant chief, he or she does not have any of the powers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-11Opinion 2005-7
… the General Municipal Law, for the collection, either by payment in person or payment by electronic funds transfer, of … Law §198(3)(b) generally provides that a town board may permit any person or corporation owning real property outside … prescribed by the board. The town board may not permit such outside use if the use will reduce the water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-7Opinion 2004-4
… board member, directly or indirectly, receives no benefit from the monies paid by the district, then the board member … the board member should recuse himself or herself from discussions, and abstain from voting, on matters … from the consideration paid to the partner (1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-40, p 41; 1980 Opns St Comp No. 80-164, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-4