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DiNapoli Urges New Yorkers to Spend Holiday Gift Cards
… balances can be turned over to the Comptroller’s Office of Unclaimed Funds (OUF) after five years of inactivity. In 2023, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-urges-new-yorkers-spend-holiday-gift-cardsCVS Caremark – Accuracy of Empire Plan Commercial Rebate Revenue Remitted to the Department of Civil Service
… To determine if CVS Caremark appropriately invoiced drug manufacturers and remitted corresponding rebate revenue … with CVS Caremark to administer the prescription drug program. From 2019 through 2022, the cost of the prescription drug program averaged almost $3.3 billion per year. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/03/18/cvs-caremark-accuracy-empire-plan-commercial-rebate-revenue-remitted-department-civilOutreach Events
… as abandoned property. Date Event Address County July 2025 July 11, 2025 12:00 pm - 7:00pm July 12, 2025 8:00 am - …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/outreach-eventsDiNapoli: Statewide Local Sales Tax Collections Down 7.1 Percent in November
… government sales tax collections declined by 7.1 percent in November compared to the same month last year, according … for local governments statewide, $102 million less than in November 2019. The decline is steeper than October’s 5.2 … but not as significant as the double-digit declines in the earlier months (April - June) of the pandemic. Total …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-statewide-local-sales-tax-collections-down-71-percent-novemberState Agencies Bulletin No. 1753
… 406 Strike/Disciplinary Fine 410 Health Care Spending Account 420 NY Dependent Care Contribution 425 Repay State Loans/Debt 426 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1753-changes-calculation-and-retroactive-payment-pre-shift-briefingSUNY Bulletin No. SU-181
… Purpose To provide instructions to agencies for processing stipend increases for Graduate Students in GSEU. Affected Employees SUNY … Background Chapter 189 of the Laws of 2011 provides for 3% Stipend Increases effective 10/1/07 and 10/1/08 for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-181-october-1-2007-and-october-1-2008-stipend-increasesCUNY Bulletin No. CU-605
… for Successor Agreements, between The City University of New York and various unions including the International … for Successor Agreements, between the City University of New York and various unions including the New York State Nurses Association, provides for a uniform …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-605-december-2017-uniform-allowance-paymentOpinion 96-3
… Services (environmental review by village trustee or firm of the trustee) -- Exceptions (competitive bidding not … providing environmental review services) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §801: A village trustee would have a prohibited interest … appearing before the village board. General Municipal Law, article 18 (§800 et seq .) contains provisions relative …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-3Opinion 2000-21
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … by an act of the State Legislature (see, e.g., City of New York v Village of Lawrence , 250 NY 429), we believe the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-21Opinion 2002-14
… and Settlement (incurrence of reasonable expenses to evaluate appropriateness of settlement) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW … for the primary purpose of conducting an investigation to evaluate the appropriateness of pursuing a settlement of a … incidentally may benefit a private party. This is in reply to your inquiry concerning a village project to reconstruct a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-14DiNapoli: Loss of Federal Deductions in Trump Tax Plan Could Hurt New York's Middle Class Taxpayers
… including the elimination of the more than $67 billion in state and local tax deductions reported by New Yorkers on … been part of the federal income tax since its inception in 1913, would be eliminated. This could significantly impact … For access to state and local government spending, public authority financial data and information on 130,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-loss-federal-deductions-trump-tax-plan-could-hurt-new-yorks-middle-class-taxpayersNYC Finances Remain Strong But Out-Year Budget Gaps Have Grown
… City's economy is on pace to add more than 72,000 jobs in 2018 and the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.2 percent, the lowest level in 42 years, but financial risks for the city persist, … state's 150,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/07/nyc-finances-remain-strong-out-year-budget-gaps-have-grownDiNapoli: Environmental Protection Fund Spending Reflects Historic State Commitment
… the state's Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT); a portion of unclaimed bottle and can deposits; certain penalties … over deposit initiators' management and repayment of unclaimed container deposits. The shortcomings in the … entitled. Improved efforts to collect the state's share of unclaimed bottle deposits by the tax department could provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/dinapoli-environmental-protection-fund-spending-reflects-historic-state-commitmentCUNY Bulletin No. CU-517
… Purpose To provide agency instructions for processing the December 2015 Uniform Allowance Payment … Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 237, provides for a uniform allowance payment to eligible employees. … are communicated to the University Payroll via Control-D report NPAY502 (Warnings/Rejected Time Entry Transactions) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-517-december-2015-uniform-allowance-paymentOpinion 90-62
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Removal (of … perform the duties of his office is entitled to continue in office and receive his salary, unless the superintendent … office pursuant to Public Officers Law, §36, or a vacancy in the office is created under Public Officers Law, §30 or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-62Opinion 88-57
… constitutional equal protection guarantees (24 Opns St Comp, 1968, p 728; 8 Opns St Comp, 1952, p 281; NY Const, Art … consideration of concepts of equal protection and freedom from discrimination as guaranteed by the State and Federal … of a local law which exempted designated senior citizens from rent increases in rent controlled apartments in New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-57NYS Comptroller DiNapoli Writes to President Biden in Support of His Planned Veto of Anti-ESG Resolution
… apolitical investment process. Voiding the 2022 DOL Rule would handcuff ERISA investors by discouraging …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/nys-comptroller-dinapoli-writes-president-biden-support-his-planned-veto-anti-esg-resolutionOpinion 90-24
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Powers and … shall be vested with the powers and duties prescribed in sections 57.00, 58.00, 59.00, 60.00, 62.00 and 63.00 of … of such powers and duties to the chief fiscal officer or, in the case of school districts, to the clerk of the school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-24DiNapoli: NYC Has Recovered Nearly All Private Sector Jobs Unevenly Across Sectors
… New York City has recovered 99.4% of private sector jobs it lost in … of pre-pandemic jobs, lagging the national job recovery rate for the sector of 96.4%. Broadway reopened in September …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/dinapoli-nyc-has-recovered-nearly-all-private-sector-jobs-unevenly-across-sectorsXI.11.C Banking Services Contracts – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… of the State Finance Law. The purpose of this section is to: (i) define when a contract for banking services is … contracts. The following definitions are applicable to this section: Banking Services -- Services provided by a … in maintaining a bank account, including, but not limited to: (i) the acceptance of deposits; (ii) the payment of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi11c-banking-services-contracts