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Opinion 92-4
… DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (supervised physical fitness training for firefighters) TOWN LAW, §176(10): A fire district may pay for supervised physical fitness training sessions for its active volunteer … may expend fire district moneys to pay for supervised physical fitness training sessions for active volunteer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-4Opinion 91-51
… county may temporarily advance county sewer district user fees and benefit assessments to any other county fund in the … for general county purposes moneys collected as user fees and benefit assessments on behalf of a county sewer … (County Law, §271). The county also may establish user fees to finance some or all of the district's costs (General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-51State Agencies Bulletin No. 685
… Service (DCS) to establish a new payroll bargaining unit code, BU 81. This change is implemented purely for … Civil Service Law with respect to certain employees in the Security Supervisors Unit (BU 61). Because only certain employees in the Security Supervisors Unit are eligible for binding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/685-establishment-new-payroll-bargaining-unit-codes-non-arbitration-eligibleOpinion 99-11
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Destruction of (not … MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (in recognition of long-time service - framed municipal bond) … are paid ... they shall be cancelled or destroyed in such manner as the state comptroller shall prescribe by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-11Opinion 98-9
… 90; 19 Opns St Comp, 1963, p 24; 16 Opns St Comp, 1960, p 478). These opinions also indicate that, where a municipality …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-9Opinion 98-4
… established in a county, the duties of the tax levying body provided for in Real Property Tax Law, §554 in … officer is the official to whom the county tax levying body may delegate authority to perform duties in connection … on tax rolls. Subdivision 9 authorizes a tax levying body to delegate, by resolution, to "an official who is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-4Opinion 94-22
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … relating to the letting of contracts by the municipality. It is clear from section 980-l that district charges, which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-22United HealthCare – Empire Plan Drug Rebate Revenue
… Purpose To determine if United HealthCare (United) remitted all drug rebate revenue to the … Other Related Audits/Reports of Interest United HealthCare Insurance Company of New York: Empire Plan Drug Rebates (2014-S-62) United HealthCare Insurance Company of New York: Empire Plan Drug …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/11/01/united-healthcare-empire-plan-drug-rebate-revenueState Agencies Bulletin No. 708
… will satisfy this requirement. No finding of guilt in any Notice of Discipline (NOD) for the previous three years. It …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/708-public-employees-federation-pef-and-rent-regulation-services-unit-rrsuOpinion 2001-13
… to political subdivisions (see, e.g., People v Grant , 306 NY 258, 260). Further, when there is a general delegation of … AD2d 642, 549 NYS2d 740). Moreover, in People v County of Westchester , 282 NY 224, the Court of Appeals specifically … authority from the State Legislature ( People v County of Westchester , supra , 282 NY at 231; cf . Bogart v County of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-13Opinion 2000-9
… and certain other payments) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §858(7): An industrial development agency may not determine at the end of a year to provide additional compensation as an "after-the-fact" bonus to the executive director of the … whether an industrial development agency may compensate its executive director by an annual salary plus an additional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-9SUNY System Administration Office – Selected Employee Travel Expenses
… and under the control of agency management, include car rentals, meals, lodging, transportation, fuel, and … employees was appropriate, we audited travel expenses for the highest-cost travelers in the State, each of whom … Administration Office (System Administration) employee for audit whose expenses ranked among the highest in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/07/31/suny-system-administration-office-selected-employee-travel-expensesDebt Approvals for Public Authorities, Municipalities, School Districts and District Corporations
… to sell their bonds or notes at private sale, regardless of limitations on private sales otherwise in law. New York … and Nassau County must secure the Comptroller’s approval of the terms and conditions of their bonds and notes when they are sold at private sale. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/debt/approvalsDiNapoli: Rochester Woman Arrested for Stealing $121K in Pension Checks Sent to Her Late Grandmother
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley, and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announced. “Today’s arrest … said. “My thanks to District Attorney Doorley and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office for their partnership in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-rochester-woman-arrested-stealing-121k-pension-checks-sent-her-late-grandmotherValley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen – Disbursements (2023M-178)
… appropriately and securely executed check signatures for non-payroll checks. Key Findings The Board and Treasurer … not appropriately and securely execute check signatures for non-payroll checks between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2023. Although the checks we reviewed were disbursed for what appear to be legitimate District purposes, when the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/03/08/valley-stream-union-free-school-district-thirteen-disbursements-2023m-178Operational Advisory No. 35
… Guidance: Starting January 1, 2024, agencies will have the ability to issue a personal service (salary) advance payment to eligible employees using the Accounts Payable module of the Statewide Financial System (SFS). Advance payment to an … agencies will have the ability to issue a personal service salary advance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/operational-advisory/35-personal-service-salary-advancesDiNapoli Releases Report on NYS Executive Budget
… to be 1.3% in 2024 with a slight increase of 1.9% in 2025. For State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024-25, All Funds revenues … of 0.4% or $495 million. All Funds tax collections are forecast to grow by 3.4% or $2.6 billion, reflecting … in SFY 2024-25, a cumulative gap totaling $20.1 billion is forecast for the remainder of the Financial Plan period …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-releases-report-nys-executive-budgetState Agencies Bulletin No. 2175
… Clothing Allowance. Affected Employees: Employees in the Institutional Services Unit (ISU) – BU04 who meet the … Work-Related Clothing Allowance may be processed beginning in Institution Pay Period 17L paychecks dated 12/14/2023, or … Criteria: Uniform Maintenance Allowance Employees in Bargaining Unit 04 on 10/01/2023 are eligible to receive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2175-2023-csea-work-related-clothing-allowance-and-2023-uniform-maintenanceState Agencies Bulletin No. 2157
… in the Administrative Services Unit (ASU) Bargaining Unit 02 who meet the eligibility criteria are affected. … Employees serving as a Racing Inspector in Bargaining Unit 02 at the NYS Gaming Commission are eligible to receive a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2157-2023-work-related-clothing-allowance-asu-employees-title-racingXIX.2.C.1 Statewide Standard Activities – XIX. Project Costing (PCIP)
… to support when each activity should be used with a project. Standard activities are defined for each project type. With the exception of a limited number of … are applicable statewide for all projects using that project type. If a unique activity that you need for your …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-xix/xix2c1-statewide-standard-activities