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Town of Byron – Procurement (2024M-11)
… audit period. Did not obtain quotes or request proposals in accordance with the Town’s procurement policy for 10 … Recommendations Ensure goods and services are procured in compliance with competitive bidding statutes. Ensure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/05/24/town-byron-procurement-2024m-11DiNapoli: Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections Slowed in 2024
… an increase of 1.6% or $376 million from 2023, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … of the average pre-pandemic growth rate (3.8%) of 2011 to 2019 following the Great Recession. “New York’s local governments rely on sales tax collections to support essential services in their communities,” DiNapoli …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-growth-local-sales-tax-collections-slowed-2024DiNapoli: Identity Theft Cases Surged in New York in 2020
… to help prevent becoming a victim of identity theft: Carry only the credit and bank cards you need. Use two-factor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/05/dinapoli-identity-theft-cases-surged-new-york-2020Opinion 91-49
… of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory … highway property) COUNTY LAW, §215; HIGHWAY LAW, §§118-a, 131-b: A county may convey an abandoned county highway by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-49Opinion 89-18
… TAX LAW, §§310, 318; STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1: In the absence of express statutory authority, a town may … certain circumstances). Further, although Town Law, §116(1) authorizes a town to pay all actual and necessary expenses … wages. This Office, in interpreting Uniform Justice Court Act, §105, which provides for the reimbursement by a town or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18Opinion 88-68
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. ZONING AND PLANNING -- Planning Boards … for subdivision approval constitutes a "contract" with the meaning of General Municipal Law, §800(2), and, even if it … §809 also may not be applicable to a planning board member in such circumstances. You ask if a member of a town planning …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-68Holtsville Fire District – Financial Management (2025M-4)
… minutes from 1972 (the year the District was established) mention the reserve funds and balances at the time of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/09/19/holtsville-fire-district-financial-management-2025m-4Opinion 90-53
… (authority to contract out functions of village assessor); (authority to contract out functions of village … ASSESSMENTS -- Assessment Procedures (authority to retain assessor on contractual basis) BUILDING INSPECTOR -- … the powers and perform the duties of the positions of assessor, building inspector and deputy road commissioner, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-53Opinion 94-4
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … superintendent must contain an original signature of the superintendent or may contain a signature affixed by a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-4Opinion 2000-6
… from voluntarily using the monies to purchase equipment or pay other ordinary operating expenses of the fire department. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6Opinion 90-46
… of index fees) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §8018; JUDICIARY LAW, §39(2)(e); STATE FINANCE LAW, §8(15): A county … to any of the statutes of the state of New York, in any case in which: * * * d. the payment made is in excess of the … which he is the clerk. Pursuant to section 39(2)(e) of the Judiciary Law, the county clerks of all counties outside of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-46VI.2.B Policies/Laws – VI. Budgets
… and reserve. Any amount budgeted as available can be used for expenditures or the encumbering of purchase requisitions … orders. Any amount in the reserve is not available for any type of financial transaction. Only DOB can authorize … or InterUnit Budget Transfer journals are permissible for these ledgers. For more information on the use of Budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vi/vi2b-policieslawsOpinion 92-22
… not implicated in this instance because by representing only the owners of property located outside the village the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-22Opinion 2000-14
… local retirement systems whose indeterminate costs would only be felt in the future" ( NYPIRG v City of New York , 89 … municipality's obligation was fixed and certain, requiring only the contribution of a specified sum for each day of … employee upon termination from service for any reason, not only upon retirement, and regardless of the duration of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-14Opinion 89-4
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- Banking Transactions (purchase of bonds and … bank as a depository if the town supervisor is a director of the bank and a shareholder of less than one percent of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-4DiNapoli and DA Carney: Owner of Medical Transport Company Sentenced to 3 to 9 Years in Prison for Stealing $700,000 from Medicaid Program
… Attorney Robert M. Carney, and Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino announced today. Muhammad Adnan Saeed, 40, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-and-da-carney-owner-medical-transport-company-sentenced-3-9-years-prison-stealing-700000Title V Operating Permit Program Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance for the Eight Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2017 (Follow-Up)
… March 31, 2017 ( 2017-S-81 ). About the Program The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency established an operating … them annually. The Act mandates that the Program’s permit fee revenues be sufficient to cover all reasonable direct and … and the immediately upcoming year; and whether Program fee revenues collected pursuant to administration of Article …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/15/title-v-operating-permit-program-revenues-expenditures-and-changes-fund-balance-eightOpinion 89-43
… appointive treasurer. November 8, 1989 Eric D. Koster, Esq., Attorney at Law Greenville Fire District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-43RFP#0008 – Audit of OSC Internal Controls
… Request for Proposals Issued June 9, 2025 The Office of the State Comptroller (“OSC”) is seeking proposals from … public accounting firms to conduct an independent audit of existing internal controls at OSC as required by Article 45 of the Executive Law and to provide services as further …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/procurement/rfp0008Opinion 95-24
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CITIES -- Powers and … with 125,000 or more inhabitants which receives State aid on behalf of the city school district on account of a school building project for which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-24