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Capital Planning and Maintenance
… projects that are beyond its means, the Authority relies on federal, State, and other sources of funding. During each … to issue bonds for reconstruction and upgrades, based on its current revenue, it would be unable to afford enough …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/04/08/capital-planning-and-maintenanceOpinion 97-20
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE … for the benefit of the fire department or company. Based on the foregoing, the members of the fire department or, if …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-20Opinion 91-57
… has custody of the moneys of the village public library and presently maintains a separate bank account for those … be more efficient if library moneys were deposited in and disbursed from the same bank account as village moneys. … separate accounting records for the library fund moneys and the library fund moneys would be disbursed only at the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-57Opinion 96-1
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- … notes or budget notes unless the State Comptroller, on behalf of the State, consents thereto. There is no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 2000-19
… members of association) INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: A benevolent association may use foreign fire insurance tax … members of the association through the installation of a handicapped accessible elevator. In order to ensure that … We have also, however, construed this language, as well as similar language in another special act, as authorizing a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-19Selected Aspects of the Paratransit Call Center Operations
… operating the MTA-New York City Transit’s Paratransit Call Center was in compliance with the terms of its contract, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/11/03/selected-aspects-paratransit-call-center-operationsDiNapoli: Audit Finds up to $12.1 Million in Inappropriate Medicaid Payments
… their claims. DiNapoli's office audits Medicaid payments on a routine basis to make sure claims are being paid … Medicaid overpaid 4,892 claims totaling $2,282,626 on behalf of 966 enrolled recipients. At the end of our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-audit-finds-121-million-inappropriate-medicaid-paymentsComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Scheneiderman Announce 2 to 6 Year Prison Sentence for Former Councilman Ruben Wills in Public Corruption Scheme
… General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the sentencing of former New York City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Queens) to … in a guilty verdict on five counts related to Will's theft of approximately $30,000 in public campaign funds and state grant money. The jury found Wills guilty of one count of a scheme to defraud in the 1st degree, two …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-scheneiderman-announce-2-6-year-prison-sentence-former-councilman-rubenState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits and Examinations
… report. However, improvements are still needed. Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY): Monitoring of … procedures were not followed. New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD): Administration of … For access to state and local government spending, public authority financial data and information on 130,000 state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-and-examinationsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… of $4,065 in unsupported staff time, $1,546 in employee compensation that was reported as more than one full-time … and did not establish adequate processes for managing user access of DMV systems. In a follow up, auditors found DMV … contracts, visit www.openbooknewyork.com . The easy-to-use website was created by DiNapoli to promote openness in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-1Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing for Rensselaer DPW Employees Who Stole Scrap Metal Proceeds
… encourages the public to help fight fraud and abuse. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-rensselaer-dpw-employees-who-stole-scrapOpinion 91-19
… gift by a fire company to the fire district. This is in response to your letter concerning firefighting … , 10 NY2d 94, 217 NYS2d 593; 62 NY Jur 2d, Gifts, §13). It is a general rule that once an unconditional gift is validly executed, it is not revocable in the absence of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 2002-7
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Appropriations and Expenditures (necessity for … (necessity for referendum) REFERENDUM -- Public Libraries (not required to expend monies from reserve fund) … of the Education Law provides, with respect to public libraries, that monies received from taxes and other public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7Opinion 94-17
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … with constitutional equal protection guarantees (see NY Const, art I, §11; Elmwood-Utica Houses v Buffalo Sewer … such solid waste services were provided, and the name and address of the person or corporation liable to pay such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 2004-8
… granted in lieu of overtime compensation and any other forms of payment for accrued but unliquidated time earned and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-8Opinion 88-43
… WORKERS' COMPENSATION -- Self-Insurance (reimbursement of sheriff's personnel account for General Municipal Law, §207-c salary payments) COUNTY SHERIFF -- Disability (reimbursement of sheriff's … LAW, §§6-j, 207-c; WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, §25(4): When deputy sheriffs and county corrections officers are injured …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-43State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… In August 2020, the former clerk was sentenced to five years of probation and 1,000 hours of community service. Town … County) Payroll payments were not always accurate and supported and leave accrual benefits were not clearly … requested data. … State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 95-14
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE … (ceremony to dedicate fire house and apparatus) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Unless otherwise provided by special act, … purposes and to pay for a ceremony to dedicate a new fire house and new fire apparatus. You ask whether a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-14Opinion 94-6
… LAW, §36: Pursuant to Public Housing Law, §36, when a public housing authority contracts with a residential … that status as tenant member of housing authority is not deemed incompatible with, or a forfeiture of tenancy). … of Union Free School District No. 6, 126 Misc 622, 214 NYS 264). Therefore, it is our opinion that the tenant member …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-6State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… cost-effective, the district could achieve greater savings by modifying the terms of the program. For example: the … these accounts have not been used in more than five years. Town of German – Supervisor’s Records and Reports (Chenango … consistently filed the annual financial report and the tax cap form late with the Comptroller’s Office; and did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0