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Opinion 88-37
… -- Periods of Probable Usefulness (purchase of police cars) LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §§11.00(a)(29)(a),(77), 21.00(a), … the purchase of five automobiles to be used as police cars by the issuance of a capital note. Section 28.00(a) of … was in service for a year or more. If, therefore, police cars are to be purchased to replace similar police cars which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-37Opinion 2001-3
… funds for general village purposes. 1 February 22, 2001 Donald H. Myers, Mayor Village of Moravia 1 For informational …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-3Westchester Attorney Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud for Attempting to Embezzle From a Decedent's Estate for Which He Was Court-Appointed Administrator
… federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith. "Mr. Parisi tried to steal millions from the estate he …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/01/westchester-attorney-pleads-guilty-mail-fraud-attempting-embezzle-decedents-estate-which-he-was-courtOpinion 91-18
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … serving as his or her bookkeeper or confidential secretary) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §800(3); TOWN LAW, §29(15): … Whether it is still the opinion of this Office that there is no prohibited conflict of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-18Opinion 92-50
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §103: A county may not adopt a post-1953 local law to provide a price preference to local … government. Based on this pre-emption, we concluded that a post-1953 local law which provides for an award to a bidder …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-50Opinion 97-13
… a disciplinary suspension may not earn points for training courses taken during the suspension. A volunteer firefighter … service under a service award program for training courses taken during a period of suspension for misconduct. … You also ask whether points must be granted for training courses taken without the knowledge or permission of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-13Virtual Currency Licensing
… applications for, and the supervision and examination of, virtual currency licensees to ensure compliance with New York … than $9.1 trillion (as of December 31, 2022), including 21 virtual currency licensees with assets totaling more than … provided by DFS in October 2022 that contained 22 active virtual currency licensees. In June 2015, DFS issued NYCRR …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/01/02/virtual-currency-licensingState Agencies Bulletin No. 1692
… of Check Return for Refund or Exchange) and the impact on the employee’s 2018 Form W-2 (Wage and Tax Statement) and … limitations for AC230s received after this date. Impact on Employee Form W-2 Reporting The IRS considers overpayments … have the income reported or subject to taxation. Impact on Recovery of Taxes OSC has a limited ability to recover …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1692-processing-2018-salary-refunds-received-osc-after-december-28-2018-instState Agencies Bulletin No. 1617
… after the December 29, 2017 (Inst) or January 5, 2018 (Admin) deadline Effective Date(s) Immediately Background … received by December 29, 2017 (Inst) or January 5, 2018 (Admin) will be reflected in the employee’s 2017 Form W-2 and … after the December 29, 2017 (Inst) or January 5, 2018 (Admin) deadline, the employee is due a corrected wage …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1617-processing-2017-salary-refunds-received-osc-after-december-29-2017-instOpinion 94-4
… signatures on vouchers) TOWN LAW, §118(1); GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §46: The statement of the officer whose action gave rise or origin to a claim may be executed by a signature … the claim" that he or she approves the claim and that the services were actually rendered or the goods actually …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-4DiNapoli: Canal Corp. Must Address Gaps
… largely concur with our recommendations.” The Canal Corp., a subsidiary of the New York State Thruway Authority, … and property damage. DiNapoli’s auditors found the Canal Corp. performs routine operational and reliability checks of … 6, 2014 meeting between the Thruway Authority and Canal Corp. boards, only about 55 percent of the canal system’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-canal-corp-must-address-gapsReal Property Dispositions
… the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: evaluated properties that are not essential to its core mission, as … with it. We examined records of seven Port Authority properties that were disposed of during the audit period. The … ranged from $650,000 to $42.0 million for five properties. (One disposition was an exchange of properties …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/28/real-property-dispositionsYork College – Time and Attendance Practices for Public Safety Staff
… (York) is a senior CUNY college located in Jamaica, Queens. York enrolls over 8,242 students in liberal arts, … shift, either to junior staff or to a contracted security officer, at straight pay rather than overtime rates. Video … he did not actually work. Per the video footage, another officer (not the sergeant) actually worked a fire watch post …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/06/york-college-time-and-attendance-practices-public-safety-staffUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-174
… revise the procedures governing OSC’s review and approval of retroactive transactions. Affected Employees Agencies that submit retroactive transactions on behalf of their employees Effective Date(s) Immediately Background … as timely as possible. Due to the increased frequency of retroactive transactions with an effective date greater …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-174-retroactive-transactions-unified-court-system-agenciesComptroller DiNapoli and AG Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea and Sentencing of Jean Noel for Theft of Putnam Co. Funds
… Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the guilty plea of Jean Noel, the former Director of the Putnam County Department of Consumer Affairs, for stealing money … Eric T Schneiderman today announced the guilty plea of Jean Noel the former Director of the Putnam County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-and-sentencing-jean-noel-theft-putnamOpinion 90-63
… (recognition dinner for volunteers); (holding party for senior citizens) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and … for volunteer library workers); (miscellaneous expenses - holiday party for senior citizens) VOLUNTEERS -- Compensation … district. You ask whether a public library may fund a holiday party either for a group of senior citizens who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-63Opinion 92-4
… for supervised physical fitness training sessions for its active volunteer firefighters so long as the particular … pay for supervised physical fitness training sessions for active volunteer firefighters of the fire district fire … for supervised physical fitness training session, for its active volunteer firefighters, conducted at a health and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-4Opinion 98 - 19
… discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Apparatus and Equipment (referendum requirement for installment … contracts for the financing of equipment, machinery and apparatus (see 1997 Opns St Comp No. 97-10, p 18). There … the issuance of obligations" (emphasis added). The clear import of the quoted language is to make the installment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-19Opinion 2002-10
… public hearing, may accept a gift of a privately-owned, family cemetery that constitutes historical property within … whether a town may accept a gift of a privately-owned, "family cemetery", established during the late eighteenth … a town board may accept a gift of a privately-owned, family cemetery and provide for the upkeep and repair of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10-0Opinion 2002-10
… public hearing, may accept a gift of a privately-owned, family cemetery that constitutes historical property within … whether a town may accept a gift of a privately-owned, "family cemetery", established during the late eighteenth … a town board may accept a gift of a privately-owned, family cemetery and provide for the upkeep and repair of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10