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Local Sales Tax Collections Grew Over 12 Percent in the Second Quarter of 2022
Local government sales tax collections in New York State totaled over $5.5 billion in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of 12.2 percent, or nearly $604 million, compared to the same quarter last year. April and May collections grew by 15.7 percent and 16.7 percent, respectively, while June inc
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/local-sales-tax-collections-grew-over-12-percent-in-second-quarter-of-2022.pdfFiscal Stress Monitoring System - School Districts: Fiscal Year 2020-21 Results
This snapshot highlights the FSMS results for school districts that reported for school fiscal year (SY) 2020-21, which ended on June 30, 2021. Fewer school districts were scored in fiscal stress in this year, but the COViD-19 pandemic and the local, State and federal responses to it had a negative
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/fsms-school-districts-fiscal-year-2020-21-results.pdfDiNapoli: Hamburg Employee Admits $150,000 Theft of Recreation Fees
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announced today. Joanne Erickson, 54, … Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli and Erie County District Attorney John J Flynn announced today …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-hamburg-employee-admits-150000-theft-recreation-feesDiNapoli: New York State Ranked First Nationwide in Nonprofit Jobs And Organizations
… released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli . The jobs comprised more than 18 percent of all private sector employment in the state. “Nonprofits … DiNapoli’s report focuses on private nonprofits classified as charitable organizations – or 501(c)(3)s under the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/dinapoli-new-york-state-ranked-first-nationwide-nonprofit-jobs-and-organizationsDiNapoli Says State Opioid Treatment Programs Need Better Coordination
… outside of their treatment programs, according to an audit issued by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. … of a broader initiative by the State Comptroller's office to look at opioid use across New York state. Auditors, in a series of reports, will be looking to identify at-risk patient/provider behavior and gaps in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/11/dinapoli-says-state-opioid-treatment-programs-need-better-coordinationDiNapoli Statement on Executive Budget Proposal
… Over the past three years, Governor Cuomo and the Legislature have done much to put New York state on better fiscal footing, reduce the … Over the past three years Governor Cuomo and the Legislature have done much to put New York state on better fiscal footing reduce the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/dinapoli-statement-executive-budget-proposalDiNapoli: Too Many Subway Stations Need Repairs
… work needs to be done,” DiNapoli said. “Worn or damaged stairs and platform edges pose risks for riders, while broken … conditions by surveying “structural” components — such as stairs, columns and platform edges, as well as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-too-many-subway-stations-need-repairsAbout Statement No. 68 – Governmental Accounting Standards Board
… for Pensions : Requires employers participating in state and local government pension plans to report their … No. 68, visit the GASB website or read the Office of the State Comptroller’s Division of Local Government and School … GASB Statement No 68 requires employers participating in state and local government pension plans to report their …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/gasb/about-statement-no-68DiNapoli: Audit Exposes Significant Management Issues With Tonawanda Housing Authority
… secretary agreed with the audit findings. A copy of the full audit report can be found at: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-audit-exposes-significant-management-issues-tonawanda-housing-authorityOpinion 90-63
… Expenditures (recognition dinner for volunteers); (holding party for senior citizens) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations … library workers); (miscellaneous expenses - holiday party for senior citizens) VOLUNTEERS -- Compensation … for volunteer library workers, but may not sponsor a party for the senior citizens of the sponsor municipality or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-63Opinion 90-6
… which may be pertinent. Each county outside the City of New York constitutes a "county social services district" …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-6Opinion 90-50
… projects, the State Comptroller generally requires either a deposit of the requisite funds by the municipality or proof … function found in section 112 of the State Finance Law, what the Comptroller should receive to satisfy the legal … the State's interest in those cases where the municipality does not deposit its estimated share of the project. We …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-50Opinion 89-1
… Compensation (authority to convert employee's accumulated leave time into cash upon death in service) -- Leave time … (authority to convert into cash upon death in service) -- Sick Leave (authority to convert into cash upon death in … to the extent inconsistent. You ask whether a town may pay to the surviving spouse of a deceased town highway …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-1Opinion 92-29
… commissioner and a uniformed force. The commissioner, who for purposes of this inquiry we assume is the head of the … the provisions of law governing minimum salary increases for the heads of municipal police departments who are not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-29Opinion 92-26
… the towns and cities in the county on the basis of the full value of taxable real property. Thus, from a taxpayer's … apportioned among the cities and towns on the basis of the full valuation of the real property therein (see County Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-26Opinion 93-27
… (superseding sales tax provisions) SALES TAX -- Use (for reduction of townwide taxes within town outside village area) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, … their shares of county sales tax in cash, the town may not use its share to reduce townwide taxes in the area of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-27Opinion 95-10
… (to maintain cemetery) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Around" (meaning of for purposes of Town Law, §291) TOWN LAW, §291: … weeds from cemeteries in the third class and no minimum number of times is prescribed (see 1973 Opns St Comp No. … of chapter 386 discloses no discussion of the intended meaning of the provision. No discussion of this provision …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-10Opinion 94-25
… Law, §176-b; Village Law, §10-1006; see also, White on New York Corporations, §1402.00[1]). Thus, in our view, an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-25DiNapoli Finds Major Problems with Rochester School District Payments
… indicated they planned to take corrective action. Their full response is included in the complete audit. Read " …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/dinapoli-finds-major-problems-rochester-school-district-paymentsDiNapoli: Springport Town Clerk Faces Criminal Charges
… Waldron was arrested today for allegedly trespassing on a town computer to boost her retirement benefits with the New … was charged with offering a false instrument for filing in the 1st degree, computer trespass and official misconduct, … office. Waldron pleaded not guilty and is due back in Aurelius Town Court on June 28. Waldron’s actions were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-springport-town-clerk-faces-criminal-charges