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Unnecessary and Potentially Illegal Consultant Contract With Former New York State Council on the Arts Executive Director
… Purpose To assess Empire State Development Corporation's personal … (ESDC) is a public benefit corporation whose mission is to promote a growing and vigorous economy and encourage job …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/09/26/unnecessary-and-potentially-illegal-consultant-contract-former-new-york-state-council-artsOversight and Enforcement of the Rechargeable Battery Law (Follow-Up)
… included in our initial audit report, Oversight and Enforcement of the Rechargeable Battery Law (Report … Every year in the United States, millions of single-use and rechargeable batteries are bought, used, and recycled or disposed of in the trash. The increased …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/03/21/oversight-and-enforcement-rechargeable-battery-law-followOpinion 2001-13
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … this road to reach the recreation area, and that the money collected from tolls would be used to replace this … roads are subject exclusively to regulation and control by the State, except to the extent that the State Legislature …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-13Opinion 95-3
… the county imposes a 3% sales tax on utility services, restaurant meals, hotel room occupancy, amusement admissions … the county imposes a 3% sales tax on utility services and restaurant meals and the two other cities within the county each impose a 3% sales tax on utility services, restaurant meals, hotel room occupancy and amusement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-3Opinion 2002-15
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (street lighting and maintenance of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15Opinion 92-19
… the "Rules of the Road" would apply upon private roads open to public traffic. A suburban town with a population … 1660 is intentional ( cf . McKinney's Consolidated Laws of NY, Book 1, Statutes §240). Therefore, it is our opinion that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-19Compliance With Freedom of Information Law Requirements
… place to fulfill CDTA’s responsibilities under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), and to determine if CDTA is in … shuttle systems, and paratransit services. Article 6 of the New York State Public Officers Law provides for public … Agencies are further required to promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to the availability of records and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/10/16/compliance-freedom-information-law-requirementsOpinion 88-26
… AND NOTES -- Permissible Uses (financing construction of building by town for State Police use) NEW YORK CONSTITUTION, … may issue obligations to finance the construction of a building for use by the State Police on land owned by the … so long as the town retains an ownership interest in the building during the term of the bonds. You ask whether a town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-26DiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Compliance with Jonathan's Law
… for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) is not ensuring parents and guardians are properly notified of incidents of abuse and neglect in … neglect are properly addressed and families are told of what occurred. This law can’t work if state agencies aren’t …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/11/dinapoli-state-needs-improve-compliance-jonathans-lawOpinion 97-3
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- … and penalties on taxes levied prior to the dates specified in those sections. You ask whether, pursuant to section 1182 … You state that the tax liens are owned by the village and, in at least some cases, date from the 1930s. For purposes of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-3Opinion 90-48
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … opportunity to rebut the charges. This is in reply to your letter concerning the award of a contract by a school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-48Opinion 91-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … -- Fees (not based on agate measurement for publication of notice of unredeemed land) REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-16Opinion 2002-15
… for the cost of street lighting within a town pursuant to Town Law §64(19) and Highway Law §327 are raised on a … that requires or permits monies for any given purpose to be raised from taxes levied only in the unincorporated … have concluded that a local government may not, pursuant to its home rule powers, exempt properties in that portion of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15-0Opinion 90-1
… of moneys to public entities) LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (authorizing gift of to another municipal corporation) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (use of commercial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-1Opinion 98-4
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … of duties in connection with) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §554; COUNTY LAW, §§369, 577, 600: If the office of county auditor or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-4Opinion 94-22
… also be an incidental private benefit (see Murphy v Erie County, 28 NY2d 80, 320 NYS2d 29, reargument denied 29 NY2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-22DiNapoli: New York on Stronger Financial Footing
… New York state ended the 2013-14 fiscal year in the strongest fiscal … report on the recently enacted state budget released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Still, the $143 … largely been curtailed, such as distributing large sums of money outside of the budget process, have once again appeared …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-new-york-stronger-financial-footingDiNapoli: Brooklyn Leads NYC’s Economic Recovery
… market, and lingering commercial rent arrears are the top challenges we will face in the year ahead." Brooklyn is … to expansion of micro-businesses (those with fewer than 10 employees). Businesses in the information sector, which … for 35.4% of its population, second only to Queens. The top five countries of origin among Brooklyn’s immigrant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-brooklyn-leads-nycs-economic-recoveryOpinion 90-3
… TAX -- Distribution (method of computing full valuation) REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- County Taxes (method of computing full … Property Tax Law, the determination of the full valuations for purposes of Tax Law, §1262(d) should be made by dividing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-3Opinion 88-57
… WATER RENTS -- Rates (schedule of rates may include a classification under which low income senior citizens are … a water district, to establish the water rates to be paid by consumers. In establishing such rates, a town board may … Opns St Comp, 1968, p 728; 8 Opns St Comp, 1952, p 281; NY Const, Art I, §11; US Const, 14th Amendment). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-57