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DiNapoli: Over One Million New Yorker Households Are Not Connected to Broadband
… lacking access was in New York City. Interactive Map View a map of New York State that breaks down the percentage of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/dinapoli-over-one-million-new-yorker-households-are-not-connected-broadbandDiNapoli Warns Changing Fiscal Landscape Could Increase Budget Challenges for Local Governments
… installment of ARPA funding in an amount that exceeded 10% of their 2019 total revenues, compared to 5.4% and 5.8% …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-warns-changing-fiscal-landscape-could-increase-budget-challenges-local-governmentsDiNapoli: NYC's Open Streets Program Supported Retail and Restaurant Job Recovery in Manhattan, Brooklyn
… operation, though the gains were concentrated in areas of Manhattan and Brooklyn, according to a report released today … Brooklyn and Fort Greene neighborhoods, and Manhattan’s Midtown, East Midtown and Flatiron neighborhoods with 28. DOT places Open …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/01/dinapoli-nycs-open-streets-program-supported-retail-and-restaurant-job-recovery-manhattan-brooklynDiNapoli: NYC Contract Spending Rises $7 Billion Since FY 2019
… and services has risen faster than other spending and is consuming more of the city’s operating budget," DiNapoli … rise requires the city to provide additional detail on what is fueling spending trends and publish results from … expenses, contract spending still grew at an annual rate of 7% from FY 2019 to FY 2023, twice the rate of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-nyc-contract-spending-rises-7-billion-fy-2019DiNapoli: MTA Budget Gaps Return
… is still down around 20%, with Metro-North further behind. Bus ridership had initially recovered faster but has trended … growth, forcing the MTA to budget for $811 million less in bus and subway revenue through 2027, including $200 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-mta-budget-gaps-returnSubway Recovery Tracker
… than 75 percent in April 2025, which mostly held into the summer months. The early stages of the recovery were marked … recovery levels above citywide levels through May 2026. Of the nine hubs with recovery levels below the City … in the later years of its financial plan. Download Data NYC Subway Exit Baseline and Current Usage Data (Excel) Data …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/osdc/subway-recovery-trackerDiNapoli Report Highlights Local Government Reliance on Federal Aid
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued a report today detailing the impact of federal aid on New York's municipalities and school districts. In 2015, local governments and school districts outside New … for New Yorkers to get a sense of how much funding is at stake and what programs might be at risk." In areas …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-report-highlights-local-government-reliance-federal-aidOpinion 88-11
… issues discussed in the opinion. PARKS AND RECREATION -- Park Land (conveyance of lands subject to reversionary … §1-102(1): When land is conveyed to a village for use as a park, subject to a private reversionary right, the land, upon its discontinuance as a park, may be re-conveyed to the original grantor or his …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-11Opinion 90-54
… RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, §§110, 410: Certain pension benefits payable by the State and Local Retirement … Section 411(e) excludes governmental plans. Unlike private pension plans, governmental plans are not required to accept … Fund, a member does not have a separate, individual account. Therefore, the Retirement System will not establish …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-54Opinion 90-52
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … the opinion. TOWN BOARD -- Powers and Duties (publication of minutes of meetings); (publication of State Comptroller's … the town clerk is required by law to record the names of all persons present at a town board meeting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-52Opinion 2007-4
… 375, 534 NYS2d 108; 1980 Opns St Comp No. 80-280, p 79; 1970 Opns St Comp No. 70-393, unreported). Thus, under these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-4Opinion 2007-7
… contact at the grocery store or in the gym, whether at night or on the weekend. In each of these situations, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-7Opinion 2008-3
… needs, irrespective of the source of the monies ( see e.g. 1970 Ops St Comp No. 70-174; compare General Municipal Law § …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-3Opinion 89-42
… §165.00: A village may temporarily invest in short term United States Treasury bills issued in book-entry form, which … concerning the investment of village funds in short term United States Treasury bills under a system known as … to this section may also be made in obligations of the United States of America... b. Such obligations, unless …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-42Opinion 89-33
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … -- Audit (necessity to pre-audit claims for compensation of village officers and employees) VILLAGE BOARD -- Powers … and employees may be paid without prior audit by the board of trustees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-33Opinion 92-22
… for purposes of article 18 is defined to mean any claim, account or demand against or agreement with a municipality …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-22Opinion 92-20
… which runs the fair. You ask whether a town may impose a license fee on concerts which take place during the running … the town. Pursuant to section 136, a town has the power to license, among other activities, "... the giving of … relative to a local government's authority to regulate or license occupations or businesses by local law). Town Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-20Opinion 91-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … government may not, by local law, authorize the purchase of commodities from vendors holding federal General Services … Whether a town by local law may authorize the purchase of commodities from vendors holding federal General Services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-6Opinion 95-2
… You state that the city in which the cable company is located imposes a 5% franchise fee and the cable company has … the housing authority to the municipality ( cf . Burnside Coal v City of New York , 135 AD2d 413, 521, NYS2d 703, lv …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-2Opinion 2000-18
… §1402[e][1]; see also Town Law §§176[10], [11-a], [11-b], [16], [20], 176-a[1], 176-b[2], [5], [6], [8]), the board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-18