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Opinion 88-22
… residents. You state that the town is constructing sewage treatment plants in two sewer districts and has applied for … priority on a project which provides for the use of sewage treatment plant lands for certain other purposes than a project which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-22Opinion 94-15
… opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Deposits and Investments (by school district of extraclassroom and endowment moneys) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Deposits and Investments (of … funds and endowment funds, including donations made to a school district from private sources in the form of gift, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-15XIII.3 Record Retention – Travel and Expense – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement
… Section Overview The purpose of this section is to provide guidance to agencies about … supporting Travel and Expense transactions for a minimum of six years from the payment date, according to the General … attachment feature in the SFS to store electronic copies of documents in support of Travel and Expense transactions. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii3-record-retention-travel-and-expenseState Contract and Payment Actions in September
… associated with the rehabilitation of bridge decks on the Hudson service line in Columbia and Dutchess counties. $6.6 … in Orange County. $1 million to the Village of Croton-on-Hudson for the Croton-Harmon parking facility. Major Payments … Corporation (Amtrak) for design and construction of the Hudson Line Positive Train Control System. Payment Rejections …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/state-contract-and-payment-actions-septemberState Contract and Payment Actions in October
… on Open Book. Major Contracts Approved Office of Addiction Services and Supports $9.8 million to Odyssey House Inc. for the Community Residences Program. $5.2 million to Fairview Recovery Services Inc. for major maintenance at the Office of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/11/state-contract-and-payment-actions-octoberState Contract and Payment Actions in October
… In October, the Office of the State Comptroller approved … storage addition at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in Greene County. $4.8 million with AJS Masonry Inc. for masonry repairs at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. Department of Health $2.5 million with Island Peer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/12/state-contract-and-payment-actions-octoberState Contract and Payment Actions in March
… In March, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,696 … for remediation at the Saranac Lake Gas Company facility in Franklin County. $1.1 million with General Roofing … LLC for roof rehabilitation at the DEC Training Academy in Oswego County. Office of General Services – Design & …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/state-contract-and-payment-actions-marchState Contract and Payment Actions in August
… In August, the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1,149 contracts for state agencies and public authorities valued at $56.4 billion and approved … treatment plant at Green Haven Correctional Facility in Dutchess County. $6.7 million with Hoosick Valley … In August the Office of the State Comptroller approved 1149 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/state-contract-and-payment-actions-augustVendRep System Guide for Office of the State Comptroller Bureau of Contracts Users
… a specific vendor has certified a questionnaire Review contract data VendRep System Online Help contains the … vendor responsibility forms and associated vendor-specific contract data. Also can search contracts approved by the State Comptroller’s Office. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/vendrep-system-guide-office-state-comptroller-bureau-contracts-usersVII.10.D Cash Advance Payment Types – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… and the required documentation. Petty Cash (Advance Account Code 59001) The petty cash advance account can be used for the following purposes: Provide … OSC requires Business Units to maintain for all advance account transactions (outlined below), OSC also requires …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii10d-cash-advance-payment-typesState Falls Short in Verifying if Companies Qualify for Tax Breaks Under Excelsior Program
… that many of the companies participating in the Excelsior Jobs Program met their obligations or even justify giving the … companies did not meet expectations to not verifying if jobs were full-time or part-time. ESD also could not produce evidence that several companies actually created jobs and did not simply shift jobs. “New York state gives …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/state-falls-short-verifying-if-companies-qualify-tax-breaks-under-excelsior-programTown of Willsboro – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2025M-92)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Town of Willsboro (Town) Town Clerk/Tax Collector … Did the Town of Willsboro Town Town ClerkTax Collector Clerk …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/11/26/town-willsboro-town-clerktax-collector-2025m-92DiNapoli: Homeless Families, Adults Living in Squalid Shelters Due to Oversight Failure
… mode; Mold growing in residents’ rooms at 8 shelters; Trash piled in a children’s play area at one shelter; Repairs … does not track the number of uncertified shelters, which can include hotel and motel rooms used by counties on an as needed basis. During 2014, local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-homeless-families-adults-living-squalid-shelters-due-oversight-failureMuseum or Military Abandoned Property
… with hunting imagery: a dog chasing a fox inside the back, hunt horns with a stag's head and crossed firearms on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/claimants/museum-or-military-abandoned-propertyNew Yorkers in Need: The Housing Insecurity Crisis
… housing costs constitute more than 30 percent of household income, the most commonly used threshold of affordability. In … insecurity among New York’s seniors exceeds the national average. Forty-three percent of New York households with a … in 2022. New York’s rate of homelessness, at about 5 per 1,000 people, was highest among states and more than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorkers-need-housing-insecurity-crisisXI.11.E Retainage – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… - Paying Retainage . Since one of the prerequisites for closing a contract in the Statewide Financial System (SFS) is … order associated to the contract (see Section 12.D - Closing Contracts of this Chapter), agencies are encouraged …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi11e-retainageData Breach
… Legislative Program Legislative Session 2021-2022: Data Breach – Signed into law on December 22, 2021 as … to notify, within 24 hours following the discovery of a data breach or receiving notice of a data breach or network security breach, the chief information …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/data-breachTier 1 Death Benefits – Basic Plan with Increased-Take-Home-Pay (ITHP)
… Ordinary Death Benefit This benefit is equal to 1/12th (8.33 percent) … your years of service credit up to 36 years. Alternative Death Benefit If you die while in service, but after having become eligible to retire, an alternative death benefit may be payable. This benefit would be the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1511/tier-1-death-benefitsHomeownership Rates in New York
… York, that dream appears unattainable for a large share of the population: New York has the lowest homeownership rate … with only 53.6 percent owning a home in the second quarter of 2022, compared to 65.8 percent nationally. For New York, … majority of housing stock in all other New York counties. 5 FIGURE 3 – Homeownership Rates by County, 2020 Source: US …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/homeownership-rates-new-yorkOpinion 92-49
… constituting park facility) REFERENDUM - Permissive (need for when town leases land for recreational trail) TOWN LAW §§81,220: A proposed lease of real property for use as a town recreational trail is subject to permissive … the proposed recreational trail would constitute a park for the provisions of law relating to the holding of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-49