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Opinion 90-39
… Duties (imposition of special tax or user fee on behalf of a fire district) TOWN LAW, §181(1); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(i),(ii)(a)(9-a): A town may not impose … the budget officer of each town in which the fire district is located a detailed written estimate of the amount of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-39Reporting Regulation for Elected or Appointed Officials
… are accurately converted to correspond with the official’s payroll frequency and recorded on the report submitted to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/reporting-regulation-elected-or-appointed-officialsPreventing Inappropriate and Excessive Costs in the New York State Health Insurance Program
… sector health insurance programs. NYSHIP covers over 1.2 million active and retired State, local government and … State, other government employers, and NYSHIP members $9.2 billion. Members of NYSHIP have the opportunity to select … In 2017, United processed claim payments totaling almost $2.9 billion. Of that amount, $1 billion (37 percent) was for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/05/09/preventing-inappropriate-and-excessive-costs-new-york-state-health-insurance-programCUNY Bulletin No. CU-431
… Purpose To inform agencies of a new Time Entry code and to explain the agency procedures for reporting rate increases, lump sum payments and adjustments for "miscellaneous earnings” Affected … To inform agencies of a new Time Entry code and to explain the agency procedures for reporting rate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-431-retroactive-rate-increases-and-lump-sum-payment-supervisorState Agencies Bulletin No. 1452
… positions paid using an hourly rate. In accordance with the following bulletins the minimum hourly wage is being … Lag 12/31/2015 02/04/2016 Eligibility Criteria Employees with a Pay Basis Code of HRY on or after the appropriate … Note: If an employee’s job location changes to a location with a different minimum wage in effect, the agency must …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1452-december-2015-minimum-wage-increase-hourly-employeesDiNapoli: MTA’s Subway Station Repair List Is Growing
… restored to good repair can quickly deteriorate. In 2007, 52 stations had all of their structural components in good …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/dinapoli-mtas-subway-station-repair-list-growingUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-276
… Earn Code Description Associated Adjustment Code JSD UCS Sec & Law Enforcement Diff AJD – Adjust UCS Sec&Law Enforc Diff Agency Actions UCS must submit an Excel … file is submitted to OSC but becomes eligible on or before 03/31/2019, the SLED payment must be manually entered …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-276-new-earnings-code-unified-court-systems-ucs-security-and-lawDiNapoli: State Agency Mishandled Housing Discrimination Complaints
… to properly or quickly investigate others. Tenants whose complaints were mishandled may have been left to face … It is encouraging that the agency is taking steps to address the issues raised by this audit.” DHR’s Housing … DHR’s complicated and poorly managed intake system for housing discrimination complaints resulted in lost, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-state-agency-mishandled-housing-discrimination-complaintsDiNapoli: New York Must Do More To Reduce Maternal Deaths
… The New York State Department of Health (DOH) needs to do more to ensure maternal deaths and morbidity rates … The New York State Department of Health DOH needs to do more to ensure maternal deaths and morbidity rates decline …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-new-york-must-do-more-reduce-maternal-deathsOpinion 90-52
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … -- Powers and Duties (publication of minutes of town board meeting); (publication of State Comptroller's report of … §106; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §35: Although the town clerk is required to record in the minutes of a town board meeting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-52Opinion 89-56
… billed but not provided) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a), (d)(3); TOWN LAW, §27; CIVIL SERVICE LAW, §200, et … a gift of town funds in violation of Article VIII, §1 of the State Constitution. Town Law, §27(1) provides that salaries of town officers and employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-56Opinion 96-23
… has been interpreted by the Attorney General as applying only "to the county served by the county clerk in which the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-23Opinion 92-48
… establish a mandatory reserve fund if the proceeds of the sale of the improvement are used to pay or provide for the construction, reconstruction, acquisition or … and interest due on the indebtedness could be used for any lawful municipal purpose. Based on the requirement in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-48Opinion 91-64
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. [Edited for Publication] PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Contracts Requiring Bidding (bus transportation contracts for separate routes) -- Bidding Monetary Threshold (computation of for bus transportation contracts) EDUCATION LAW, §305(14); …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-64Opinion 93-24
… 55). In furtherance of these purposes, fire districts have only those powers expressly granted by statute and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-24Opinion 95-11
… of General Municipal Law, §207-m to salary of temporary or provisional head of police department) POLICE … AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement of temporary or provisional head of police department to salary … may be given a distinct meaning. The terms "permanent", "temporary" and "provisional" are not defined for purposes of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-11Opinion 2000-15
… [12]) indicate that these definitions in VFBL §3(1) relate only to volunteer firefighters of fire departments and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-15DiNapoli: State Financial Condition Improving
… more than a dozen legal settlements. The Enacted Budget makes some of the settlement dollars available for … calls for bolstering state reserves, provide greater assurance that funds will be available when truly needed and … spending is shifted off-budget to public authorities; Makes more than two dozen changes to existing law affecting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-state-financial-condition-improvingState Agencies Bulletin No. 1968
… OSC will end date all SEFA deductions that currently have no end date, or an end date that is not valid. OSC will … of 2022, OSC will end date all SEFA deductions with no end date or an end date that is not valid. Therefore, it … do so by completing a new authorization card; there is no online option available to employees to enact changes. A …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1968-2022-state-employees-federated-appeal-sefa-campaignDiNapoli: State Education Department Missed Red Flags of Proprietary Schools' Financial Trouble
… as a second language. As of Jan. 15, 2020, there were 391 licensed proprietary schools — 357 private career schools … York. SED can refund students tuition, in some cases of school closures, through its Tuition Reimbursement Account … to reviewing these documents, SED conducts inspections at licensed schools to review records they are required to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/dinapoli-state-education-department-missed-red-flags-proprietary-schools-financial-trouble