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Serven Volunteer Fire Company – Board Oversight (2024M-97)
… larceny for allegedly stealing from the Hose Company. In July 2024, the former Chief pleaded guilty to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2025/10/31/serven-volunteer-fire-company-board-oversight-2024m-97Chenango Valley Central School District – Audit Follow-Up (2022M-162-F)
… report – pdf] [read complete 2023 report – pdf] Purpose of Review The purpose of our review was to assess the Chenango Valley Central School District’s (District) progress, as of November 2025, in implementing our recommendations in the … The purpose of our review was to assess the Chenango Valley Central …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/12/24/chenango-valley-central-school-district-audit-follow-2022m-162-fDiNapoli: No Good Options for MTA to Manage Hole in Capital Funding
… As the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) adjusts to the loss of $15 billion in congestion pricing revenue and … projects to cancel or delay, it must prioritize keeping the system in a state of good repair and it must be … As the Metropolitan Transportation Authority MTA adjusts to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-no-good-options-mta-manage-hole-capital-fundingService Credit Purchase Payments – Legacy Reporting
… If members choose to purchase credit for their previous service, they have the option to pay the required contributions, plus interest (if … Members may elect to make supplemental lump sum payments in addition to payroll deductions. The easiest way for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/legacy-reporting/service-credit-purchase-paymentsCentral Office – Controls Over Bank Accounts
… that all bank accounts were authorized and only used for appropriate purposes and transactions. The audit covers CUNY Central Office bank accounts for the period January 1, 2013 through July 13, 2016. … Office of the University Controller (OUC) is responsible for managing centralized cash collections, including …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/11/29/central-office-controls-over-bank-accountsProperty Tax Freeze Credit
… Purpose The objective of our examination was to determine whether the Property Tax Freeze Credit (PTF Credit) payments approved … The objective of our examination was to determine whether the Property Tax Freeze Credit PTF Credit payments approved …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/11/08/property-tax-freeze-creditDiNapoli: Former Marbletown Fire Chief Sentenced for $101K Theft From the Department
… Fire Department, was sentenced to four months of weekends in the Wayne County Jail and five years of probation for … He was also ordered to pay a total of $101,394.50 in restitution. “William Storrs abused the trust of the … was sworn to serve and protect by stealing over $100,000 in fire department funds for his own profit,” DiNapoli said. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/09/dinapoli-former-marbletown-fire-chief-sentenced-101k-theft-departmentLong Island Experienced Gains in Farms and Farmland
… an additional 29.5% of all farms. Per-acre farmland market values on Long Island are much higher and increasing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-agriculture-report-reveals-economic-growth-and-challenges-facing-new-york-farms-long-islandState Agencies Bulletin No. 1166
To inform agencies of changes made to the 20112012 CSEA Deficit Reduction Plan and to provide a new earnings code and procedures for processing refunds for aff
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1166-2011-2012-deficit-reduction-plan-refunds-certain-employees-representedOpinion 90-37
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Whether the village may sell the property at private sale and if so whether it is required …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-37York College – Time and Attendance Practices for Public Safety Staff
… pay rather than overtime rates. Video from surveillance cameras indicated that a sergeant was paid overtime for hours …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/06/york-college-time-and-attendance-practices-public-safety-staffState Agencies Bulletin No. 2264
… the 2021-2026 ASU Agreement between the State of New York and the Civil Service Employees Association and the Office of Employee Relations (OER) memorandum dated … an Action/Reason code of Leave of Absence/MLS (Mil Stip); and Has a Comp Rate Code of FEE; and Is assigned to a track …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2264-2024-work-related-clothing-allowance-asu-employees-title-racing-0State Agencies Bulletin No. 2157
… CSEA ASU Work-Related Clothing Allowance for employees in the Racing Inspector title. Affected Employees: Employees in the Administrative Services Unit (ASU) Bargaining Unit 02 … Criteria: Employees serving as a Racing Inspector in Bargaining Unit 02 at the NYS Gaming Commission are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2157-2023-work-related-clothing-allowance-asu-employees-title-racingOpinion 91-4
… and conditions as to such board of trustees ... may deem fitting and proper. [Emphasis added]. Thus, pursuant to … consideration, and upon terms and conditions deemed fitting and proper. Therefore, in determining whether to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-4Opinion 89-45
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (fixed amount plus … Whether a town may pay an attorney employed as counsel to the zoning board of appeals a fixed annual amount for certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-45Opinion 89-5
… ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS -- Notice of Pendency (filing fee when affecting more than one parcel) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW … notice of pendency is filed without payment of additional fee pursuant to CPLR, §8018(d). CPLR, §8021 provides that a … CPLR, §8021 provides that a county clerk is entitled to a fee with respect to a notice of pendency, as follows: For …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-5New York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era
… 17, with steep increases in payments following the onset of the pandemic. In the most recent weeks for which data are available, approved payments during the first half of July added $5.7 billion to those in the preceding months … shown in the nearby chart. By comparison, during all of calendar year 2019, approved Unemployment Insurance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/covid-19-july-22-2020Town of Dayton – Supervisor's Records and Reports Audit Follow-Up (2019M-189-F)
The purpose of our review was to assess the Town of Dayton’s (Town’s) progress, as of November 2024, in implementing our recommendations in the audit report Town of Dayton – Supervisor’s Records and Reports (2019M-189), released in January 2020.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2025/pdf/dayton-town-2019-189-f.pdfOpinion 90-62
… violation of the oath of office (Public Officers Law, §30[1][b] - [f]). Physical inability to perform the duties of … duly elected to and holding office (see Sullivan v Taylor , 279 NY 364, 18 NE2d 531; cf . former Highway Law, … in office ( Application of Baker , 87 Misc 2d 592, 386 NYS2d 313, citing 17 Opns St Comp, 1961, supra ). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-62Opinion 92-16
… 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 -- Exceptions (contracts for rental of room owned … tax collector clerk justice and supervisor for the use of a portion of their homes as offices from which they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-16