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DeRuyter Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting(S9-25-4)
… (NYS) requires all public school districts and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) to test potable … as required by NYS Public Health Law and Department of Health (DOH) regulations. 3 We determined 38 of the 180 (21 percent) water outlets we identified at select …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/06/06/deruyter-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reportings9-25-4Oversight of New York State Forest Tax Programs (Follow-Up)
… included in our initial audit report, Oversight of New York State Forest Tax Programs (Report 2020-S-51 ). About …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/12/05/oversight-new-york-state-forest-tax-programs-followOpinion 2004-4
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Employment Contracts (law partner of school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-4DiNapoli: NYC Department of Education Must Do More to Combat Mental Health Crisis Among Youth
… youth, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) can do more to ensure that public school students receive the supports and services that they need and that are supposed to be available. The audit found that too many NYC public … health struggles among students. Although school staff (i.e., principals, teachers, paraprofessionals) are not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-nyc-department-education-must-do-more-combat-mental-health-crisis-among-youthDiNapoli: Tax Collections Down $1.3 Billion in First Half of Fiscal Year
… Financial Plan, but $11.3 million higher than the most recent projections. Through the mid-year of SFY 2016-17, PIT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-tax-collections-down-13-billion-first-half-fiscal-yearNew York’s Economy and Finances in the COVID-19 Era (June 3, 2021)
… wage. According to a 2020 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report , the average wage of a person with a disability …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorks-economy-and-finances-covid-19-era-june-3-2021New Yorkers in Need: Homelessness in New York State
Having safe and adequate housing is a necessity.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/new-yorkers-in-need-homelessness-nys.pdfOpinion 93-10
… to be transacted at county offices. March 11, 1993 Alan O. Minsker, Esq., County Attorney County of Cattaraugus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-10Arlington Fire District – Station Number 5 Renovation (2022M-54)
… interests in leasehold agreements. Key Findings Members of the Board did not use competitive methods to renovate … reduced rent rate provisions. In addition, a member of the Board who also serves as a Trustee of the Croft Corners Fire Company (Company) failed to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2022/10/21/arlington-fire-district-station-number-5-renovation-2022m-54Opinion 89-35
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- … the town comptroller as chief fiscal officer must be made on a case-by-case basis depending on the particular function … of town moneys to temporarily invest moneys not needed for immediate expenditure. This is in reply to your inquiry …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-35Opinion 91-11
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (local law increasing … a city engineer for a longer term than presently provided in the city charter is subject to mandatory referendum. You … Supply of the City of Utica , 140 AD2d 458, 531 NYS2d 421. In Morin , supra , the Court of Appeals held that a county …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-11Appendix A – Auditing Authority – Legal References – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… describes who is generally responsible for auditing claims in each type of locality and what options, if any, are … position. City May be the governing board, if provided for in the city charter City comptroller (for cities governed by … charter provisions Libraries For public libraries, the Library Board of Trustees, pursuant to Education Law Section …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/appendix-auditing-authority-legal-referencesOpinion 90-10
… could be expected to result in injury and damage to the public ( Sanchez v Lippincott , 89 AD2d 372, 455 NYS2d 457), … (Municipal Home Rule Law, §10[1][ii][a][11]), and the safety and well being of persons and property therein …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-10Opinion 98-14
… an estimate by the designated date, the budget officer is required to prepare an estimate for the administrative … regulation, a local law regulating the same subject matter is considered inconsistent and will not be given effect ( …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-14State Agencies Bulletin No. 2155
… be included on the General Comments page. 2. Increment Codes 1028 and 1328 Eligible employees who are in a Teaching …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2155-october-2023-public-employees-federation-pef-performance-advancesDiNapoli: Majority of Contracts with Not-For-Profit Organizations Still Approved Late
… of New York. “But 25 years after the adoption of the Prompt Contracting Law, New York is still executing six out of every ten human … all others in the future.” “Prompt contracting and prompt payment remain critical issues for the well-being of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-majority-contracts-not-profit-organizations-still-approved-lateState Agencies Bulletin No. 1941
… will be based on the 2018 Salary Schedule (currently in effect). Note: For the Institution paycheck dated 11/04/2021 … in April 2021. Promotion Recalculation Employees who would have been eligible to receive the October 2021 PEF … field and the Approved Salary Rate field; Position and Job do not match – if the Position Number equals the NYS …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1941-october-2021-public-employees-federation-pef-performance-advancesState Agencies Bulletin No. 2333
… 2025 CSEA Performance Advances and provide instructions for payments not processed automatically. Affected Employees: … Program, the supplement will be recalculated by OSC when processing payments for disability dates beginning on … employee’s salary reaching Job Rate provided the employee does not have the qualifying years of service needed to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2333-april-2025-civil-service-employees-association-csea-performanceOpinion 95-12
… State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, … a municipality and an industrial development agency (IDA) may deposit or invest their funds with a State or federally … fiscal officer or other officer having custody of moneys, may temporarily invest moneys not required for immediate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-12Division of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-135
… Purpose: The purpose of this bulletin is to inform the Division of Housing and … and DC 37, provides for payment of performance advances on October 1 to eligible DC 37 RRSU employees based on the … was equal to or greater than the Job Rate of the lower graded position and whose salary upon application of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-135-october-2024-district-council-37-dc-37-performance