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DiNapoli: New Law Makes It Easier for the Comptroller To Return Your Lost Money
… the need for persons and organizations to submit a claim for abandoned property of $250 or less that can be … Luis Sepúlveda and Assemblymember John T. McDonald III. “My office holds over $19 billion in unclaimed funds, and we … can easily claim their money. By simplifying the process, my office will be able to return lost money even faster while …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-new-law-makes-it-easier-comptroller-return-your-lost-moneyServen Volunteer Fire Company – Board Oversight (2024M-97)
… the Serven Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. (Company) Board of Directors (Board) provided adequate oversight of Company operations to ensure financial activities were … financial policies or procedures, Conduct a thorough audit of bills, or Conduct an annual audit of the Treasurer’s books …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2025/10/31/serven-volunteer-fire-company-board-oversight-2024m-97Opinion 90-63
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … FUNDS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (in recognition of municipal service - dinner for volunteer library workers); … public library may fund a holiday party either for a group of senior citizens who provide volunteer services to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-63Opinion 90-53
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … -- Consultants (authority to contract out functions of village assessor); (authority to contract out functions of … corporation to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the positions of assessor building inspector and deputy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-53Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Bond Calendar for Second Quarter
… for the month of May. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey – a bond sale of up to $350 million in tax-exempt … Corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The schedule will be modified and updated in response …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-bond-calendar-second-quarterDiNapoli Releases Bond Calendar for Second Quarter
… today announced a tentative schedule for the planned sale of obligations for the state, New York City, and their major public authorities during the second quarter of 2014. The proposed new issuances total approximately $2.2 … the second quarter compare to past planned new issuances of $3.93 billion during the first quarter of 2014, and $1.8 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/dinapoli-releases-bond-calendar-second-quarterOpinion 88-44
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Engineering Services (town board member … Whether a town board member who is an employee of an incorporated engineering firm with which the town has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-44Opinion 89-1
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … and sick leave upon termination of employment, the court stated: Prerequisite to a claim of entitlement to … The decision in Gendalia also squarely rejects the central legal premise in Clift , that municipal employees acquire a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-1Opinion 92-29
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND … the application of General Municipal Law, §207-m. You state that the city has a police department consisting of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-29Opinion 93-27
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … sales tax provisions) SALES TAX -- Use (for reduction of townwide taxes within town outside village area) MUNICIPAL … Whether the Town of Cheektowaga may use its share of county sales tax revenues …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-27Opinion 95-10
… fence encircling a cemetery or burial ground in the first class described in Town Law, §291(1), that is, a cemetery or … fourteen years. In the case of a cemetery in the second class described in section 291(1), a town is required to … front of or encircling a cemetery falling within the third class described in section 291(1). This is in response to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-10DiNapoli Releases Bond Calendar for Second Quarter
… bonds for the month of April and a bond sale of up to $23 million of fixed rate tax-exempt and taxable bonds for the … and updated in response to changes in program needs and market conditions. It is also contingent upon execution of … the committee to assist participants in the municipal bond market. A new schedule is released every quarter and updated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-releases-bond-calendar-second-quarterOpinion 94-25
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Award Program (service credit for attending meetings of groups within a fire department or fire company) GENERAL … Law 217cv authorizes credit to be granted towards a year of firefighting service under a service award program for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-25DiNapoli: Central NY Village Official Stole More Than $100K
… The village, which had a population of 400 residents, was officially dissolved in June 2013. DiNapoli’s audit and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-central-ny-village-official-stole-more-100kDiNapoli: Former NYU Finance Director Pays Over $660,000 in Restitution for Role in Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
… A former director of finance and administration at New York University paid full restitution of $663,209 after pleading guilty to grand larceny for … a scheme to support her lavish lifestyle at the expense of children with special needs and young English Language …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/04/dinapoli-former-nyu-finance-director-pays-over-660000-restitution-role-multi-million-dollar-fraudDiNapoli: Local Government Employment Outside NYC Fell Nearly 39,000 Since 2007
… The number of full-time local government workers employed outside of New York City shrank 7.9% from 491,102 to 452,298 from … nation as a whole, which saw a 2% increase in the number of full-time employees over this 15-year period. Local … The number of fulltime local government workers employed outside of New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-local-government-employment-outside-nyc-fell-nearly-39000-2007Public Safety – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… Number of Reported Crimes Rose in 2022 According to data published by the State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), the number of Index Crimes reported by local law enforcement agencies … According to data published by the State Division of Criminal Justice Services DCJS the number of Index Crimes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/public-safetyImproper Medicaid Payments for Claims Not in Compliance With Ordering, Prescribing, Referring, and Attending Requirements (Follow-Up)
… which improperly allowed payments for Medicaid claims that did not contain an appropriate NPI in the OPRA fields. We … questionable payments where eMedNY processed claims that did not contain an enrolled or affiliated OPRA NPI as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/13/improper-medicaid-payments-claims-not-compliance-ordering-prescribing-referring-andDiNapoli: State Tax Receipts Exceeded Updated Projections in First Quarter
… receipts totaled $27.6 billion through the first quarter of State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2023-24, $450.8 million higher than estimates released in the Division of the Budget’s (DOB) Enacted Budget Financial Plan. However, … revenue collections performed better than the Division of the Budget’s current estimates for the first quarter, but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-state-tax-receipts-exceeded-updated-projections-first-quarterState Agencies Bulletin No. 1990.3
… Codes in Institution Pay Period 19L, checks dated 12/30/2021. Eligibility Criteria Employees who work at OPWDD and … appropriate New 2.5x Earns Code (as listed in OSC Actions above) on the Time Entry page or the Time Entry Interface … was previously paid overtime for the period identified above using Earnings Code OTO and a calculation using the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/19903-pilot-program-establishing-temporary-overtime-rate-employees-certain