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Opinion 91-44
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Compensation (health … (see Town Law, §174[7]), may elect to participate in the State health insurance plan with respect to its … Service Law, §163[2],[4]; 4 NYCRR 73.1[b]-[i], 73.2). In either case, it appears that the statute and regulations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44DiNapoli Proposes Option to Help State & Local Governments Pay for Retiree Health Care
… the individual is often eligible for benefits including a pension and health insurance. While pension costs are … governments, including New York state, do not set aside funds for retiree health insurance and instead fund it on a … Councilman Daniel Garodnick has proposed a City Charter amendment that would require the city to put at least 5 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-proposes-option-help-state-local-governments-pay-retiree-health-careOpinion 94-20
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … ask whether a village may impose a special assessment to fund costs, in excess of amounts appropriated, for removal of … the general fund (see Coggeshall v Hennessey, 279 NY 433; Davis v Sharp, n.o.r, 30 NYS2d 438; Davis v Sharp, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-20DiNapoli: Positive Fiscal Outlook for Plattsburgh
… of DiNapoli’s fiscal stress initiative and is the latest in a series of fiscal profiles on municipalities across the … offices, and an expanding manufacturing industry. But in order for Plattsburgh to maintain a positive financial … to have our labor over the last seven years demonstrated in Comptroller DiNapoli's report, the internal and external …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/dinapoli-positive-fiscal-outlook-plattsburghComptroller DiNapoli and Attorney General James Announce Sentencing of Former Mount Vernon Government Official
… Counsel Lawrence Porcari for abusing his position as a public official to engage in a scheme that defrauded the … guilty of: Corrupting the Government in the First Degree (B felony); Grand Larceny in the Second Degree as a Crime of … for the Attorney General was Legal Support Analyst Rebecca Saber. The investigation was handled by Investigator Angel …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/09/comptroller-dinapoli-and-attorney-general-james-announce-sentencing-former-mount-vernon-governmentDiNapoli: NYC Spending Priorities Shifted During Pandemic
… Like many cities across the United States, New York City has … preliminary budgets for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) to examine how spending priorities shifted. “The mayor’s preliminary FY … for low-income New Yorkers ($75 million) and expanded slots for the Summer Youth Employment Program ($57 million). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-nyc-spending-priorities-shifted-during-pandemicDiNapoli: MTA Faces Growing Risks to Its Capital Funding
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The MTA’s capital program is critical to winning riders back to public transportation … MTA’s system are in poor condition, and the MTA relies on debt to pay for the capital improvement projects to maintain … the MTA’s target for 2024, once estimated at $12 billion, is now less than $3 billion. Congestion pricing was supposed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-mta-faces-growing-risks-its-capital-fundingOpinion 88-59
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Compensation (authority to pay village … village justice); (retroactive payment); (salary increase for village justice) VILLAGE JUSTICE -- Acting Justice … 5-508(4), 5-520(3),(4): The salary appropriated for an acting village justice cannot be paid to the village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-59Opinion 89-11
… Firemen's Benevolent Associations (use of tax moneys to rent meeting room) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105; Laws Of … Association may expend foreign fire insurance tax moneys to rent a room in which to meet, if the meetings are for the … indigent volunteer firemen and their families. Finally, we recommend adoption of by-laws or rules and regulations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-11Implications for the Future – 2023 Financial Condition Report
… receipts, higher than the 29 percent average in the 10-year period ending in March 2020 prior to the impact of … by the end of SFY 2024-25. Up until Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2020, New Yorkers consistently paid more in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2023-fcr/implications-futureEmployee Qualifications, Hiring, and Promotions (Follow-Up)
… through Job Vacancy Notices (JVNs), which include the required qualifications. JVNs are posted on the MTA website. … submit a r é sum é and/or application for these positions, from which an interview panel makes their selections. Transit … Treasury, and Procurement. As a result of a transformation plan, MTA consolidated additional functions including Human …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/09/26/employee-qualifications-hiring-and-promotions-followPublic Safety – 2022 Financial Condition Report
… of Crimes and Crime Rates Leveled Off in 2021 According to preliminary data, the number of crimes in seven major … dropped by 504 reported incidents (less than 1 percent) to 343,357 in 2021. There are seven major categories of … Property crimes include: Burglary (down 16.6 percent to its 2019 number following the same percentage jump in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2022-fcr/public-safetyAttorney General James and Comptroller DiNapoli Announce Guilty Verdict of Former Mount Vernon Government Official in $365,000 Corruption Scheme
… Fraud Hotline at 1-888-672-4555, by filing a complaint online at [email protected] , or by mailing a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/attorney-general-james-and-comptroller-dinapoli-announce-guilty-verdict-former-mount-vernonCUNY Bulletin No. CU-666
… Background and CUNY Charitable Campaign Guidelines An online enrollment process for Deduction Code 897 is available … 897 are encouraged to initiate the deduction using the online enrollment process ( https://www.cunytuesday.org ). Agencies will not need to manually enter online enrollments in PayServ. An electronic file will be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-666-2020-cuny-charitable-campaignArchived: Legislative Session 2015 –2016
… Laws of 2015 – A.7915 (Magnarelli) / S.5867 (Marchione) – To increase the accountability and improve the efficiency and … Laws of 2016 – A.7675 (Buchwald) / S.5795 (Marcellino) – To provide increased transparency in school district fiscal … / S.5601-C (Golden) – Makes technical changes relating to categorizing certain funds as joint custody and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/archived-legislative-session-2015-2016DiNapoli: Federal Funding Uncertainty Jeopardizes Impact of Inflation Reduction Act for New Yorkers
… IRA tax credits has been identified as a possible way to pay for reauthorization or expansion of provisions of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/03/dinapoli-federal-funding-uncertainty-jeopardizes-impact-inflation-reduction-act-new-yorkersCUNY Bulletin No. CU-802
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to provide agency instructions for processing the City University of New York (CUNY) December 2024 Uniform …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-802-cuny-december-2024-uniform-allowance-payment-securityLong Island Experienced Gains in Farms and Farmland
… recent United States Department of Agriculture Census. Access to fresh, healthy food adds to the quality of life in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/dinapoli-agriculture-report-reveals-economic-growth-and-challenges-facing-new-york-farms-long-islandFederal Spending by Major Funding Streams and Functions – Federal Funding and New York
… $56,059 $57,618 $58,427 $56,924 $58,133 Health $15,859 $16,341 $17,109 $17,736 $18,260 Social Welfare $5,436 $5,277 … all other major grants and revenues. Since federal fiscal year (FFY) 2021, the federal government has allocated more … Not all federal grant funding is used in the year it is received. Federal laws and rules along with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/federal-spending-major-funding-streams-and-functionsWillsboro Fire Department – Financial Operations (2014M-206)
… controls over the Department’s financial operations for the period January 1, 2013 through April 30, 2014. … not address the Department’s financial activities, except for requiring the Department Treasurer to prepare and submit … did not specify which Department officials are responsible for overseeing the financial records and reporting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2014/10/10/willsboro-fire-department-financial-operations-2014m-206