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DiNapoli Audit Highlights Need for Better Compliance with School Violence Reporting Law
… determined it should have reported 769, including two sex offenses that involved inappropriate sexual contact and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-audit-highlights-need-better-compliance-school-violence-reporting-lawDiNapoli: Shift in MTA's Paratransit Program Generates Cost Savings
… mandated by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). From 2016 to 2019, the MTA’s total expenses rose 3.6% … MTA’s bus fleet and may benefit from further investment in ADA accessible subway stations in the future. The MTA … 114 subway stations out of 472 that are currently ADA accessible, with six more coming into service this year. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-shift-mtas-paratransit-program-generates-cost-savingsMitigation for Extreme Weather Conditions and Flooding
… to identify potential risks to its system from extreme weather conditions and flooding and developed plans to … operate as effectively as possible during minor to severe weather conditions. Severe weather includes thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail, lightning, … to identify potential risks to its system from extreme weather conditions and flooding and developed plans to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/03/13/mitigation-extreme-weather-conditions-and-floodingOpinion 89-22
… v Honda Motor Co. Ltd. , 144 AD2d 119, 534 NYS2d 711 [3rd Dept 1988], mot for lv to app den 73 NY2d 705, 539 NYS2d … way (see Di Stefano v Donahue 124 AD2d 322, 508 NYS2d 104 [3rd Dept 1986]; Ossmer v Bates , 97 AD2d 871, 469 NYS2d 273 … and maintain traffic signals on any road, highway or street in a city, town or village, except a State highway …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-22Opinion 2000-1
… provision, a village may not pay legal expenses incurred by village police officers in connection with criminal … to your request for our opinion concerning the payment by a village of certain legal fees incurred by village police officers. You state that three members of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-1IV.4.C General State Charges – IV. Accounting Codes - Uses and Descriptions
… Part B Premium State share of expense for NYS retiree Med B premium reimbursement. 60059 Sick Leave for Retiree …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-iv/iv4c-general-state-chargesXII.5.K Federally Reportable Payments – XII. Expenditures
… the appropriate “Withholding Class” code outlined in the table below. To facilitate the reporting of the interest … Units must use the proper account code as listed in the table later in this section. Business Units that make … Provide the required information by filling out the table referenced in the section below entitled “ Information …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5k-federally-reportable-paymentsOpinion 2003-6
… consisting of four full-time officers. The other village does not have its own police department. You ask whether town … the rules of civil service, and determine in the agreement what part of the cost of the town police department shall be assessed against property in the village, and what part thereof shall be assessed against the property in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-6Opinion 90-48
… the award of a contract by a school district to a bus company for transportation of students. You state that the bus company has an office and outdoor parking facility near … These residents allege, among other things, that the bus company has violated certain local enactments concerning …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-48Opinion 2008-3
… Comp No. 2003-4, at 10; cf . Wells v Town of Salina , 119 NY 280). Except as outlined above with respect to transfers …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-3Opinion 88-77
Whether a school board member who is also the salaried director of a local council for the arts would have a conflict of interest under the following circumstances
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-77Opinion 96-17
… of the firefighters who would attend. August 13, 1996 Joseph F. Frank, Esq., General Counsel Board of Fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-17Opinion 92-49
… in the opinion. PARKS AND RECREATION - Recreational Trail (as constituting park facility) REFERENDUM - Permissive … (need for when town leases land for recreational trail) TOWN LAW §§81,220: A proposed lease of real property for use as a town recreational trail is subject to permissive referendum, or the town board, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-49Opinion 95-4
… under section 209. Except as referenced above, section 209 does not specify what procedures the board, or a committee of the board, may … Law, §4.07; see also Application of Gilchrist , supra ). What is a "reasonable" method of inquiry should be evaluated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-4Opinion 93-13
… to municipalities within county the cost of sheriff's road patrols); (providing sheriff's road patrols on a part-county basis) LOCAL LAWS -- Taxes and … to municipalities within county the cost of sheriff's road patrol) - Pre-emption (formation of special district for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-13Opinion 2002-15
… townwide charge) TOWN LAW §§64(3), (19), 81(1)(c), 220(3); HIGHWAY LAW §327: Real property taxes for the cost of street … are raised by taxes levied on a townwide, or town outside village, basis. We are informed that the building used as the … , 79 AD2d 628, 433 NYS2d 626, mod 55 NY2d 915, 449 NYS2d 27; DuBois v Village of New Paltz , 35 NY2d 617, 364 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15-0Opinion 2002-15
… are raised by taxes levied on a townwide, or town outside village, basis. We are informed that the building used as the … and, by intermunicipal agreement, is also used by a village. As a general rule, all real property taxes raised … p 135; 1980 Opns St Comp No. 80-334, p 98; Incorporated Village of Ardsley v Town of Greenburgh , 79 AD2d 628, 433 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… , Conesus Volunteer Fire Department , Town of Franklin , Genesee County Industrial Development Agency , Greenville … report with the Office of State Comptroller since 2008. Genesee County Industrial Development Agency – Project … develop, and assist in economic development projects in Genesee County. However, the board does not verify data …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1VIII.3 Interagency Billing – VIII. Accounts Payable Journal Vouchers & General Ledger Journal Entries
… item) and payables (voucher). DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WITH Online AND Future Phase AGENCIES PERFORMING INTERAGENCY BILLING Scenario 1: Online Agency Bills an Online Agency The Billing Agency creates a bill for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-viii/viii3-interagency-billingIX.8.C Payments to the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Department of Education – IX. Federal Grants
… The procedures that follow pertain to the refund or return of federal funds to the U.S. Treasury … PAYMENT VOUCHER To generate a refund of federal funds by check to the U.S. Treasury or U.S. Department of Education, … payment systems or with their federal program liaisons on how to properly return federal funds. OSC is not responsible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix8c-payments-us-treasury