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Selected Aspects of the All-Agency Contractor Evaluation System at Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, New York City Transit, and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
… and evaluating its contractors/consultants in compliance with its All-Agency Contractor Evaluation (ACE) system and … and consultant performance and share the results with each other. MTA adopted the ACE Guidelines to help its … new contract (either alone or in a joint venture). Issues with Unsatisfactory or repeated Marginal evaluations can …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/11/16/selected-aspects-all-agency-contractor-evaluation-system-long-island-rail-road-metro-northOpinion 91-11
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … officers subject to mandatory referendum) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §23(2)(f): A local law which authorizes a city … the local government (NY Const, art IX, §2; Municipal Home Rule Law, §10[1][ii][a][1]). Section 23 of the Municipal Home …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-11Opinion 91-26
… public library engaged a firm in 1988 to prepare plans and designs for the construction of a new library building. You … understood that the firm retained to prepare the plans and designs might also be engaged to perform services in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-26Opinion 2006-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … a town supervisor may be granted a leave of absence by the town board pursuant to section 92 of the General … Whether a town supervisor may be granted a leave of absence by the town board pursuant to section 92 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-6Opinion 88-37
… 28.00(a): The purchase of a passenger vehicle to be used as a police car may be financed by the issuance of … city may finance the purchase of five automobiles to be used as police cars by the issuance of a capital note. … or purpose for which serial or sinking fund bonds may be used. Section 21.00(a) provides that a serial bond may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-37Opinion 92-3
… planning board. General Municipal Law, article 18 (§800 et seq .) contains provisions of law relative to conflicts of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-3Opinion 97-6
… discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Emergency (911) Telephone System (use of surcharge revenues to construct … access service within such municipality (County Law, §303[1]). Section 307 authorizes the expenditure of surcharge … dismissed 60 NY2d 701 467 NYS2d 1029). However, it is a general rule of statutory construction that " ... in enacting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-6Opinion 2001-9
… rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court … contracts between the county and such corporations. Even if not required by such code, the county board member should … a local chamber of commerce or an empire zone corporation, if he serves, in a "shared capacity," as chief operating …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-9Opinion 98-24
… if injured during the time such services are rendered. You ask whether a fire district which, pursuant to General … Municipal Law, §209-i(1-a), accepts the services of an individual who is a member of a fire company in a … that the "home area" of the firefighter at the time of injury is responsible for VFBL benefits (see Volunteer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-24Opinion 2000-17
… authority for construction of town water system) WATER IMPROVEMENTS -- Construction (letting of contracts by public … authority for town water system) TOWN LAW §§197, 197-a: If a town, on behalf of a water district, contracts with a water … Whether a town on behalf of a water district may enter into a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-17Opinion 99-8
… individual requests, submitted pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law, for copies of the minutes. This is in … the form and content of the minutes (see 1982 Opns St Comp No. 82-181, p 233; 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-301, p 325). In relation to the distribution …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-8Advisory Council for the Retirement System
… Fund and the Retirement System. Stephen J. Acquario Executive Director NYS Association of Counties Heather Briccetti … Professional Fire Fighters Association Chris Koetzle Executive Director Association of Towns Hon. Robert Jackson …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/common-retirement-fund/resources/advisory-council-retirement-systemVI.1 Budget Control – VI. Budgets
… The Budget Control chapter provides an overview of Commitment Control or KK at the Statewide Appropriation Segregation and Project level of detail …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vi/vi1-budget-controlIntroduction – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… in this guide to “employees” should be interpreted to mean both officers (elected and appointed) and employees of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/introductionXIV.10.B Travel and Purchase Rewards Programs; Updated Information Regarding T-Cards, P-Cards, and NET-Cards – XIV. Special Procedures
… or points accumulated by State officers and employees as a result of their official duties [use of which is … that do business with the State offer rewards or points for certain purchases that can be redeemed for other benefits, such as additional goods, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv10b-travel-and-purchase-rewards-programs-updated-information-regarding-t-cards-p-cards-and-netXV.17 Short Term Investment Pool (STIP) Interest – XV. End of Year
… containing temporary loan authorization(s) – whichever is later. Please direct your request to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xv/xv17-short-term-investment-pool-stip-interestDiNapoli: Local Governments Levy $36.6 Billion in Property Taxes
… tax levy increases have slowed significantly since 2005 and dipped below 2 percent in 2015, where they remained until … are a significant revenue source for local governments, making up 43 percent of revenues in 2018. In 2012, the state … property values grow by more than 10 percent in the past two years. School districts generally imposed the highest tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/11/dinapoli-local-governments-levy-366-billion-property-taxesLanguage Access Services (Follow-Up)
… who act as agents of the DMV pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law Title 2, Article 2, Section 205 (Vehicle and Traffic Law). Counties are not subject to the Language Access …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/04/10/language-access-services-followVirtual Currency Licensing (Follow-Up)
To assess the extent of implementation of the six recommendations included in our initial audit report Virtual Currency Licensing Report 2022S18
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/12/04/virtual-currency-licensing-followState Agencies Bulletin No. 2136
… of this bulletin is to notify agencies of a new earnings code that will be used to correct employee tax balances. … the employees taxable gross, a one-time use, earnings code has been created to increase the employees taxable gross only. The new earnings code will be applied to paycheck dated May 24, 2023, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2136-new-earn-code-tba-tax-balance-adjustment-correct-q22-overpayments