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Opinion 94-12
… terms. No referendum is required or authorized with respect to the lease of unneeded fire district real property …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-12Opinion 2003-7
… before a town planning board may approve a subdivision plat containing residential units, the subdivision plat must show, when required by the planning board, a park … population growth to which the particular subdivision plat will contribute ( id .). If the planning board makes a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-7Opinion 89-36
… has a period of probable usefulness of exactly five years. You ask whether the permissive referendum requirements of … by the legislature (see Local Finance Law, §11.00). You ask the same question with respect to the expenditure of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-36Opinion 92-5
… a school district may permit the installation of privately owned vending machines on school property for the use of … may not permit a private party to install vending machines owned by the private party on school district property for … a school district may permit the installation of privately owned vending machines on school property for the use of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-5Opinion 92-38
… Law, §10-1012, the village fire department submitted the name of a nominee for the office fire department fire chief … provided no vested rights are impaired ( In re Eiss , 205 AD 691, 199 NYS 544 app dsmd 236 NY 638; see, gen., 4 … of Barker , 198 Misc 135, 100 NYS2d 658, affd 278 AD 600, 101 NYS2d 924, lv denied 302 NY 947). In contrast, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-38Opinion 98-20
… the best interest of the fire district. December 1, 1998 Walter P. Wagner, Esq., Counsel Lido and Point Lookout Fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 91-56
… Authority (the Authority) is generally governed by title 30 of the Public Authorities Law (§2725 et seq ). … Law, §2749 provides that insofar as the provisions of title 30 are inconsistent with the provisions of, among other things, any general law, the provisions of title 30 shall be controlling. Section 2828 of the Public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-56Opinion 91-63
… who resides with president and owner of hardware store) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §801: A town councilman who resides with the owner and president of a hardware store and maintains office space in the same building in which the store is located, but has no relationship with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63Opinion 91-62
… 1992 Robert J. Dickover, Esq., Village Attorney Village of Greenwood Lake …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-62DiNapoli & Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former MET Council Insurance Broker
… Auditor Edward J. Keegan, Associate Auditor Matthew Croghan, Supervising Analyst Paul Strocko of the Criminal … file a complaint online at [email protected].ny.us; or mail a complaint to: Office of the State … Investigations Unit, 110 State Street, 14th floor, Albany, NY 12236. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-met-council-insurance-brokerOpinion 88-23
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … OF INTEREST -- Construction Contracts (village trustee an employee, officer and stockholder of construction company) … 2(a); VILLAGE LAW, §5-524(2): A village trustee who is an officer, employee and stockholder of a construction …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-23Opinion 91-29
… Firemen's Benevolent Associations (use of tax moneys for an eye care plan, hospital telephone and television … benevolent association) -- Treasurer's Powers (liability for tax moneys) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105; NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW, §§717(a), (b), 720(a)(1), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-29Opinion 90-27
… discontinue the operation of its fire department. You ask how the town and village may proceed to establish a joint … Concerning how the town and village may proceed to establish a joint …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-27Opinion 90-43
… opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no … or retirement system of a police department or paid fire department of a city, town or village; (ii) a deceased … to determine their fair meaning (McKinney's Cons Laws of NY, Book 1, Statutes, §97, p 211). Doing so in this case, we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-43Opinion 90-11
… provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are applicable to particular municipal employees, they are entitled to overtime compensation as provided in the FLSA … to the extent inconsistent. You ask whether employees who are required to work hours beyond the normal work week may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-11Opinion 2005-5
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement to increase in compensation when … Whether the police chief is entitled to a monetary payment in the amount …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-5Opinion 2007-6
… in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement to one-time payment made to next ranking … unit and is the highest ranking subordinate to the police chief in a village police department receives a one-time … amount for performing additional duties as “acting chief” for a period of one year, the police chief is entitled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-6Opinion 97-9
… of negative impact on board member's business) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§801, 806: A village board member who has a … the board member is not merely speculative and more than de minimis, the board member should not participate in the … planning board approval of an amendment to a town master plan which failed to include a proposed "floating" …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-9Opinion 97-25
… -- Codes of Ethics (requirement that architectural review board members represent that they will not perform compensated services for applicants to the board until after the board approves the applications) PUBLIC OFFICERS AND … Whether to require existing board members to sign an affidavit to not perform paid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-25Opinion 93-14
… water district to provide a water distribution system to a new development and remitted the matter for a new hearing. Despite the reversal of the lower court's order, … the cost of the necessary facilities be considered at the new hearing, that the court was not foreclosing the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-14