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Opinion 89-25
… Fund (transfer of moneys to capital reserve fund) SEWERS AND SEWER SYSTEMS -- Contracts (for use of excess capacity of … plant for use by town sewer districts) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (permissible means of financing expansion of … with a town sewer district for the conveyance, treatment, and disposal of sewage at the village treatment plant, if the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-25Opinion 96-6
… in any contract with his or her municipality if he or she receives a direct or indirect pecuniary or material … ability of the lendees to repay the loan. However, that fact, in and of itself, does not give rise to a statutory … , 91 Misc 2d 1041, 399 NYS2d 173; Lynd v Heffernan , 286 App Div 597, 146 NYS2d 113), it is subject to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-6CUNY Bulletin No. CU-793
… provide agencies with instructions for processing the new Recurring Increment Payment. Affected Employees: CUNY … round of negotiations, CUNY agreed to establish a 5 Year Recurring Increment Payment for employees represented by Locals 375, 983, and 2627, and a 10 Year Recurring Increment Payment for employees represented by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-793-implementation-city-university-new-york-cuny-5-year-and-10Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Underwood Announce Indictment of Former NYC Council Candidate Alberto Alvarez and Former Non-Profit Director Anna Mendez
… in 2013. Mendez and her colleague allegedly distributed contribution cards to these employees, which the employees … Alvarez then allegedly collected the money and false contribution cards from the straw donors and falsely …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-underwood-announce-indictment-former-nyc-council-candidate-albertoComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Arrest of Florida Man for Theft of Over $180,000 in NYS Pension Benefits
… General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Robert J. Schusteritsch, 71, of Florida, with the crimes of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony, and … and Attorney General Schneiderman announced the unsealing of an indictment charging Robert J Schusteritsch with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-arrest-florida-man-theft-over-180000-nys-pensionComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Defendant For Stealing Over $148k in NYS Pension Benefits
… State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that Renee Kanas, 64, a resident of Tamarac, Florida, was sentenced in Albany County Supreme Court today to 6 months incarceration and 5 years of probation, $45,000 in restitution and a judgment in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-defendant-stealing-over-148k-nys-pensionComptroller DiNapoli, A.G. Underwood and DOI Commissioner Garnett Announce Indictment of Former Non-Profit Director Anna Mendez
… and New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Margaret Garnett today announced the indictment of former … Mendez on one count of grand larceny in the second degree, a class C felony, and ten counts of falsifying business … in this case working families in the Bronx who struggle to find childcare. DOI was gratified to perform financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-underwood-and-doi-commissioner-garnett-announce-indictment-former-non-profitComptroller DiNapoli and Westchester County District Attorney: Former Croton-On-Hudson Village Fire Department Treasurer Pleads Guilty in Theft of Fire Department Funds
… that Gerald Munson, a former Croton-On-Hudson Fire Department Chief and a former Croton-On-Hudson Police Officer who most recently served as the fire department treasurer, has pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in … theft of more than $300,000 from the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department. Munson, 64, appeared in Westchester County Court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/comptroller-dinapoli-and-westchester-county-district-attorney-former-croton-hudson-village-fireFormer President of Briarcliff Manor Fire Department Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $120,000
… Thomas P. DiNapoli, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the … facing prison time for his crime." FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. said: "As a fire department official, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/former-president-briarcliff-manor-fire-department-pleads-guilty-embezzling-more-120000Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing for Rensselaer DPW Employees Who Stole Scrap Metal Proceeds
… the cash from scrap metals acquired as part of their jobs with the city. Foust pled guilty to Fourth Degree Grand … the cash from scrap metals acquired as part of their jobs with the city …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-rensselaer-dpw-employees-who-stole-scrapOpinion 90-45
… may provide in its specifications for a particular make or brand to the exclusion of others (1982 Opns St Comp No. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-45DiNapoli: Former Essex County Fair Treasurer and Willsboro Town Clerk Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $90,000 From the Essex County Agricultural Society and Town
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Franklin County District Attorney Elizabeth Crawford and New York … James announced that Bridget Brown, the former treasurer of the Essex County Agricultural Society and former Willsboro town … Comptroller DiNapoli Franklin County District Attorney Elizabeth Crawford and New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-former-essex-county-fair-treasurer-and-willsboro-town-clerk-pleads-guilty-stealing-nearlyOpinion 89-57
… -- Capital Improvements (town improvement of village street) STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Highway Department (town repair and improvement of village street) PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Contracts not Requiring Bidding (town repair and improvement of village street) HIGHWAY LAW, §142-c; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§103, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-57Opinion 88-47
… You ask whether a six-year statute of limitations would bar the enforcement of outstanding village tax liens for 1966 … Whether a sixyear statute of limitations would bar the enforcement of outstanding village tax liens for 1966 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-47DiNapoli: Former Halfmoon Supervisor Enters Guilty Plea to Two Felony Counts
… also admitted that she lied to FBI agents during an interview on August 7, 2013. Specifically, Wormuth stated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-former-halfmoon-supervisor-enters-guilty-plea-two-felony-countsOpinion 96-5
… requesting an opinion on the applicability of the fee provision of CPLR, §8022(b), to an appeal involving the … [1940]). We have construed the word to mean fees paid to public officers for services performed, such as statutory … deemed an act of the corporation, it is our view that an appearance by counsel on behalf of a defendant constitutes an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-5Opinion 96-24
… -- Appropriations and Expenditures (appropriations to capital reserve fund) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (referendum requirements in fire … provided therefor by budgetary appropriation or raised by tax therefor**** Thus, pursuant to section 6-g(5), a board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-24Opinion 93-15
… -- Powers and Duties (authority to annually audit public library) EDUCATION LAW, §259; TOWN LAW, §123: Neither the … of trustees nor the separate treasurer of a town public library is required pursuant to Town Law, §123 to annually … of trustees or the separate treasurer of a town public library is required to annually account to, and submit its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-15Opinion 94-6
… authority would have a conflict of interest if he or she accepts a paid position with the corporation involving the … authority would have a conflict of interest if he or she accepts a paid position with a residential management … the authority and the management corporation if he or she accepts the paid position involving the administration or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-6Opinion 94-26
… improvement district, the boundaries of which include area within one or more villages within the town. When a town … establishes a business improvement district which includes area within one or more villages, the limitation on district … improvement district, the boundaries of which include area within a village located within the town. If so, you …
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