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Opinion 89-32
… a "contract" includes any express or implied claim, account or demand against or agreement with a municipality …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-32Opinion 88-60
… 841, 358 NYS2d 957; Brooklyn Park Comr's v Armstrong , 45 NY 234; see also Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation … operation to private parties ( Williams v Gallatin , 229 NY 248; Rivet v Burdick , 255 App Div 131, 6 NYS2d 79; People …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-60DiNapoli: Federal Housing Aid Going Unused Despite New York's Affordable Housing Crisis
… agency, Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), can do more to help low-income New Yorkers find housing by making full use of available federal funds for vouchers, according to an … housing. Auditors determined that HCR could improve how it addresses health and safety concerns in housing units …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-federal-housing-aid-going-unused-despite-new-yorks-affordable-housing-crisisState Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on Gov. Cuomo's Executive Budget Proposal
… difficult times faced by our state. The pandemic is far from over, and it continues to have damaging effects on our … release a more detailed analysis of the budget proposal in the coming days.” … Gov Cuomo put forward a state budget … difficult times faced by our state The pandemic is far from over and it continues to have damaging effects on our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-gov-cuomos-executive-budget-proposalOpinion 90-49
… (compensation) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Per day" (for purposes of compensation to improvement district … the town board has designated a "per day" compensation for improvement district commissioners, a commissioner is entitled to the full per day amount for each day on which he or she actually and necessarily …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-49State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Suffolk County Community College , Village of Trumansburg and the Town of Webb . "In today’s fiscal climate, budget transparency and accountability for our local communities is a top … priority," said DiNapoli. "By auditing municipal finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 91-29
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt … LAW, §§9104, 9105; NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW, §§717(a), (b), 720(a)(1), 1005(a)(3)(A), 1009, 1013; L 1955 ch 639: … fire insurance tax moneys except as otherwise provided in any special law. Therefore, where an exempt firemen's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-29Preparing and Applying for Retirement
… Life Allowance option for Tier 3, 4, 5 or 6 members. Cash Refund—Contributions option for Tier 1 or 2 members. If …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/preparing-and-applying-for-retirementOpinion 88-75
… ownership interest. The matter is in the latter stages of discovery, and you point out that it would be very costly, as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-75NYS Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Major Support for Racial Equity Audit at Amazon
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released the … an immense success for a first-time proposal. If CEO Jeff Bezos’ shares (70,616,270 shares, 14%) were to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-major-support-racial-equity-audit-amazonOpinion 98-20
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads (qualification for appointment to) FIRE … a member of a fire company of a fire district fire department. A board of fire commissioners, however, may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 90-29
… §420.10: All undisbursed restitution payments, as defined by statute, regardless of when collected by the designated restitution agency, must be used for the … its general fund unclaimed restitution payments collected by the county probation department prior to November 1, 1984. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-29Opinion 89-28
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-28State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… related fringe benefit costs. Auditors also found YAI did not maintain supporting documentation for another $28,553 … 26,345 transportation claims. Auditors found the provider did not maintain the required documentation to support $1.4 … for crime victim compensation claims, forensic rape examinations (FRE) and victim assistance program (VAP) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 89-54
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … levy for town outside village purposes or, if there are no villages within the town, as a part of the general levy for town purposes (see 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-45, p 74). Your inquiry does not indicate whether the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-54Opinion 91-45
… (performance pursuant to agreement between the town board and highway superintendent) -- Repairs … LAW, §§140, 284; TOWN LAW, §32(1): The only functions that a highway superintendent may perform are those expressly or by implication authorized or required by law, including those …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-45Opinion 92-38
… at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … service until new chief appointed) -- Vacancy (procedure for filling in village) VILLAGE BOARD -- Powers and Duties … of fire department fire chief and the department fails to submit a new nomination, the village board may not appoint …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-38Opinion 89-22
… (see Friedman , supra ). This limited immunity, however, does not relieve a town of its duty to warn, guide and … of a county road which the town did not construct and does not own, maintain or control in any way (see Di Stefano …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-22Existential Questions Facing National Public Transit Systems Create New Fiscal Pressures for MTA
… is the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; Los Angeles is the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority; and Boston is the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/existential-questions-facing-national-public-transit-systems-create-new-fiscal-pressures-mtaOpinion 2006-11
… CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Purchases and Sales (from store at which town board member is employed) -- Exceptions … has an interest in town purchases from an auto parts store solely because the board member is an employee of the store, the interest would not be prohibited if the board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-11