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Opinion 92-55
… AND EMPLOYEES -- Powers and Duties (performing work for private water system) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (services for private water systems) VILLAGE LAW, §§1-102(2), 11-1120, … village may not contract to provide, at the expense of the private owners, a village employee to perform testing of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-55Opinion 91-42
… -- Villages (authority to transfer department funds to village treasurer); (cooperative investment of department funds and village funds); (gift of department funds to village subject to condition regarding use) VILLAGE TREASURER … Whether a village and a village fire department may agree to transfer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-42III.9 Provisions for 15 Day Prompt Payment Interest Eligibility – III. Statewide Financial System (SFS)
… the Statewide Financial System (SFS) electronic vendor portal. Completion of this certification will identify that … certification is removed by the vendor through this same portal. The Office of the State Comptroller reserves the … website ( https://www.osc.state.ny.us/state-vendors/portal/15-day-prompt-payments-small-businesses ) for more …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-iii/iii9-provisions-15-day-prompt-payment-interest-eligibilityXII.5.B Unique Invoice Number Requirements – XII. Expenditures
… (SFS) requires Business Units to enter a unique Invoice Number on each supplier’s voucher. The SFS has validations … in this section, Business Units should use the invoice number on a vendor’s invoice to process the voucher. Business … ensure that each voucher (1) references a unique invoice number and (2) includes only items it has received and not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5b-unique-invoice-number-requirementsXIX.7 Moving Expenditures Charged Prior to Conversion to a PCIP Converted Project ID – XIX. Project Costing (PCIP)
… On March 31, 2022 all NYS01 Project IDs that were linked to a customer contract were … On March 31 2022 all NYS01 Project IDs that were linked to a customer contract were converted to a new unique project …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xix/xix7-moving-expenditures-charged-prior-conversion-pcip-converted-project-idOversight of Young Adult Institute, Inc.'s Family Support Services Contracts
… and consistent with contract requirements, including those in the Consolidated Fiscal Reporting and Claiming Manual (CFR … that had FSS contracts. Our audit covered seven contracts in total: five FSS contracts for the two fiscal years ended … Take steps to ensure the organization does not re-claim these costs in the future. Other Related Audits/Reports …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/05/oversight-young-adult-institute-incs-family-support-services-contractsSeized Assets Program
… or other items that are suspected of being used to conduct criminal activity, are the proceeds from a criminal activity, or were purchased with the proceeds of a … we sampled pending disposition per the Division’s control records, we determined that 56 assets were actually closed. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/23/seized-assets-programSelected Aspects of Discretionary Spending
… Purpose To determine whether Battery Park City Authority discretionary spending was appropriate … years ended October 31, 2011. Background The Battery Park City Authority (Authority) was created in 1968 with the … To determine whether Battery Park City Authority discretionary spending was appropriate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/12/10/selected-aspects-discretionary-spendingControls Over Revocable Consents
… fees for revocable consents; whether DOT is ensuring that all structures meet the standards required by the Rules of … City of New York; and whether DOT is monitoring to ensure all structures requiring a revocable consent have one in … consents reviewed, we found the Office did not comply with all of the procedures such as: having copies of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/23/controls-over-revocable-consentsLead Poisoning Prevention Program
… in creating programs to address lead-poisoning prevention requirements and provide case management and follow-up … the following instances of noncompliance with Program requirements: Department regional staff are not consistently … discrepancies between LeadWeb and LHD data. On April 12, 2019, the Public Health Law was amended to lower the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/08/08/lead-poisoning-prevention-programManhasset Union Free School District – Non-Payroll Disbursements (2025M-45)
… who is responsible for authorizing the expenditure of funds for the purchase of goods and services. The Treasurer … the risk that purchases were made before ensuring that funds were available, and appropriations could have been …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/09/19/manhasset-union-free-school-district-non-payroll-disbursements-2025m-45Exxon's Investors Call for Meaningful Climate Risk Plan
… peer companies, including BP, ConocoPhillips, Royal Dutch Shell and Total, have already endorsed the 2 degree …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/exxons-investors-call-meaningful-climate-risk-planState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… through 2020-21 budgets by a total of $3.7 million (16%) and appropriated fund balance totaling $3.5 million that … was not needed. Officials improperly overstated fiscal year-end encumbrances by approximately $974,000 from 2018-19 … by $24.6 million, or approximately 5.2% over a four-year period. The board annually appropriated fund balance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0State Agencies Bulletin No. 1119
… Codes Description D3P 11-12 PEF DRP Repayment D3M 11-12 MC DRP Repayment D3F 11-12 SCF DRP Repayment Agency Action - … the 20112012 PEF Deficit Reduction Plan the 20112012 MC Deficit Reduction Plan and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1119-repayment-2011-2012-deficit-reduction-plan-employees-represented-publicHousing Assistance – Federal Funding and New York
… Federal housing support includes housing assistance for renters, subsidized public housing, and a variety of housing support for the homeless. … Federal housing support includes housing assistance for renters subsidized public housing and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/housing-assistanceState Agencies Bulletin No. 1492
… Purpose To explain the new functionality to the New York State Payroll System (PayServ) and procedures … To explain the new functionality to the New York State Payroll System PayServ and procedures …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1492-new-employer-federal-reporting-guidelines-affordable-care-act-and-nysDiNapoli Audit: State Oversight of Animal Shelters Found to Be Adequate, But Better Safeguards Needed Before Dogs Are Euthanized
… Agriculture and Markets is generally doing well to ensure animal shelters across New York are providing safe conditions … "The state is doing a commendable job making sure local animal shelters are providing dogs with safe conditions and … Agriculture and Markets is generally doing well to ensure animal shelters across New York are providing safe conditions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapoli-audit-state-oversight-animal-shelters-found-be-adequate-better-safeguards-needed-dogs-areOpinion 88-63
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … POLICEMEN AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Auxiliary Police (use of moneys received as gift for unit established for village) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-63Opinion 97-4
… tax moneys to fund a death benefit payable to the family of a deceased firefighter because death is a … benefits solely by reason of the disability or death of a family member of a firefighter (1984 Opns St Comp No. 84-36, supra ). Of course, if the disability or death of a family member renders a firefighter "indigent" within the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-4Cost-Saving Ideas: Capital Planning for Local Governments and School Districts
… as buildings, land, vehicles and equipment) need to be acquired, constructed or reconstructed? Who will be involved … assets needed; The priority in which assets are to be acquired, replaced or repaired; Estimated costs of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-capital-planning-local-governments-and-school-districts