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Fiscal Stress Monitoring System Upcoming School District Release Webinar Presentation
Presenters will provide an overview of how the system evaluates fiscal stress, what a change in score or designation does or does not signify, and common issues that appear to be affecting school districts.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/fiscal-stress-monitoring-system-school-districts-01-12-2022.pdfFiscal Stress Monitoring System Briefing for School District Officials
Presenters will provide an overview of how the system evaluates fiscal stress, what a change in score or designation does or does not signify, and common issues that appear to be affecting school districts.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/pdf/fsms-schools-010825.pdfDiNapoli: NYS Pension Fund Commits an Additional $2.4 Billion Through Sustainable Investment Program
… announced today include: $2 billion to the FTSE Russell TPI 1000 Climate Transition Index , an index fund … Eleven coal and shale oil and gas companies were removed from the restricted list. The Fund will not directly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-nys-pension-fund-commits-additional-24-billion-through-sustainable-investment-programOpinion 93-11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Debt Limit (computation of … Whether the term outstanding indebtedness as used in connection with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-11Opinion 88-17
… -- Park Lands (whether municipality may compel subdivider to dedicate park land) GENERAL CITY LAW, §§33,34; TOWN LAW, … as a condition for approval of a subdivision plat, to compel dedication of park land in the subdivision without … compensation. 34 Opns St Comp, 1978, p 154 is superseded to the extent it is inconsistent herewith. An inquiry has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-17Opinion 92-38
… serve as chief or, if he or she resigns before a new chief is appointed, the assistant chief performs the functions of … that it will not submit a new nomination and that it is not aware of anyone else willing to serve as chief. You … chief would continue to act as chief until a new chief is properly appointed or the assistant chief would perform …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-38Opinion 92-25
… to ride on fire vehicles during emergency calls, so long as the regulation does not have the effect of … to be made based upon circumstances of each case. 16 Opns St Comp, 1960, p 404 is superseded to the extent … assume command, or attempted to instruct the fire chief on how to fight a fire (see Memoranda to the Governor by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-25Opinion 2001-13
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … a fee to certain users of town highways) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- Toll Collection Provisions (authority … LAW §10; STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE IX, §2; VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW §§1600, 1604: Absent a State statute providing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-13DiNapoli: New York Power Authority’s Installation of Electric Vehicle Chargers Years Behind Schedule
… The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has failed to install electric vehicle (EV) chargers where they are most needed by … without any NYPA-installed charging stations, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas … DiNapoli. “Compared to what was promised, the rollout of electric vehicle chargers has been a disappointment so far,” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/dinapoli-new-york-power-authoritys-installation-electric-vehicle-chargers-years-behind-scheduleManual Reporting – Enhanced Reporting
… end of the process. Employment Instance When you report manually, an employee may have more than one employment … Employee Summary and Earnings Detail When reporting manually, each employee you report will be listed in the … Rather than creating a report file NYSLRS employers can manually enter data into Retirement Online to report employee …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/enhanced-reporting/manual-reportingOpinion 98-3
… -- Appointment to Office (of town supervisor's business partner) -- Contracts (appointment to office) GENERAL … 805-a: The appointment of the town supervisor's business partner to the office of town comptroller, by itself, does … the office of town comptroller if he or she is a business partner of the town supervisor. You state that the town has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-3Opinion 2001-11
… An assistant chief of a fire district fire department who owns more than 5% of the stock of a corporation would not … an assistant chief of a fire district fire department who owns more than 5% of the stock of a corporation would … Whether an assistant chief of a fire department who owns more than 5 of the stock of a corporation would have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-11Opinion 91-15
… -- Park Lands (authority of newly incorporated village to assess park land fee upon subdivision plat already so … a subdivision plat and collected a park land fee from the developer, and the area then becomes part of a newly … You inquire whether the village may require the developer to pay money in lieu of park land as a result of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-15Opinion 98-23
… of maximum speed limits in villages) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- Villages (designation of twenty-five m.p.h. zones) VILLAGE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1600, 1643; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, … A village may not, pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law, §1643 or by local law, impose a village-wide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-23DiNapoli Op-Ed in Times Union: NY Needs an Independent Commission to Review State's COVID Response
… The Times Union published an op-ed from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today on the shortcomings of the Olson Group’s COVID-19 report and the … The Times Union published an oped from New York State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-op-ed-times-union-ny-needs-independent-commission-review-states-covid-responseSamaritan Village, Inc. – Chemical Dependency Services Program
… the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2014 to conduct a Chemical Dependency Services Program (Program) for adults. … Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services: Chemical Dependency Program Payments to Selected Contractors …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/02/28/samaritan-village-inc-chemical-dependency-services-programOpinion 2001-14
… by the village to the town would fall within the literal definition of a "contract" under section 800(2). In addition, based on a literal reading of the definition of "interest", it would appear that, as an … not intend to include intermunicipal agreements within the definition of "contract" in General Municipal Law §800 (see, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-14Opinion 96 - 14
… COLLEGES -- Conflicts of Interest (purchases from hardware store owned by college trustee) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- … and Sales (community college purchasing from hardware store owned by college trustee) EDUCATION LAW, §6304(6); … year, the college purchases supplies from a hardware store owned by the trustee and the sum of the purchases plus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-14Opinion 2000-24
… to General Municipal Law, article 5-G for the provision of police protection as a joint service. You ask whether two … Law, article 5-G (§119-m et seq.) for the joint provision of police protection. General Municipal Law §119-o(1) … to General Municipal Law, article 5-G for the provision of police protection as a joint service 1 . December 20, 2000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-24Opinion 2011-1
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES -- Officers and Employees (serving as … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW § 858 (7), (9), (17): An industrial development agency lacks authority to hire employees and … your request for our opinion as to whether an industrial development agency ("IDA") may hire individuals as IDA …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2011-1