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Opinion 98-8
… when available in the form, function and utility required by the political subdivision, from a qualified and approved … §103 provides that, except as otherwise expressly provided by the State Legislature or by local law adopted prior to September 1, 1953, all purchase …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-8Opinion 90-16
… Contracts (member of county board of health retained by county health department) -- Medical Services (member of county board of health retained by county health department) HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES -- … health department) -- Contracts for (consulting services by member of board of health) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-16Opinion 2000-2
… §§95, 95-a, 99-i, 240 et seq .; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(l)(i): A village, by resolution, may provide for bands, … affairs and government (Municipal Home Rule Law, §10[1][i]; see also Village Law, §4-412[1]). We believe that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-2Opinion 2008-1
… the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Contracts (gifts to school district) -- Exceptions (contracts with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-1Dual Membership in NYSLRS – Divorce and Your Benefits
… Retirement System. If a member has a membership in one of the above Systems, the Domestic Relations Order (DRO) may be directed to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/dual-membership-nyslrs2022 Year in Review
… Celebrating the Office of the State Comptrollers Achievements in 2022 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/2022-year-reviewInvesting in New York
… million available in debt and mezzanine financing. Managed by Hamilton Lane, and other investors include TD Bank, Bank …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/common-retirement-fund/investing-new-yorkOpinion 94-15
… opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Deposits and Investments (by school district of extraclassroom and endowment moneys) SCHOOL …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-15Opinion 90-9
… of village auditor, the village board of trustees may not, by resolution or local law, authorize the auditor to audit … be processed without either certification or verification by oath of the claimant. You ask whether a village board of … in the Village Law for a village board of trustees, by resolution, to limit the jurisdiction of the office of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-9Opinion 92-48
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- … capital improvements or equipment must be reported to the State Comptroller within 30 days thereafter. The report must …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-48Opinion 88-3
… under that statute. For example, sections 25(2)(a) and 120 provide that penalties shall be paid into the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-3Opinion 89-55
… power to determine promotions (Town Law, §150[2]). There is no similar authority in the Town Law, however, to confer … matters in relation to which and to the extent to which it is authorized to adopt local laws, subject to certain stated … foregoing provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law, it is our opinion that a town may adopt a local law transferring …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-55Opinion 2006-5
… salary decrease for elected officers by local law subject to mandatory referendum) TOWN LAW §27(1); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE … town justice, during a term of office by local law subject to mandatory referendum. You ask whether the salary of an … that the town board of each town “shall fix, from time to time, the salaries of all officers and employees of said …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-5Protection of Managed Pollinators (Honey Bees) (Follow-Up)
… Objective To determine the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Protection of Managed Pollinators (Honey Bees) (Report 2021-S-40 ). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/07/12/protection-managed-pollinators-honey-bees-followOpinion 91-51
… rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-51Improper Managed Care Payments for Certain Medicaid Recipients (Follow-Up)
… managed care payments on behalf of 14,899 recipients who, by State law, were precluded from enrollment in managed care …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/01/20/improper-managed-care-payments-certain-medicaid-recipients-followOpinion 96-20
… §8-800: A village police department established in 1970 by a resolution of the village board adopted pursuant to … §188-a may be abolished pursuant to Village Law, §8-800 by local law subject to permissive referendum. Notification … a village police department which was established in 1970 by a resolution of the village board adopted pursuant to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-20Opinion 89-32
… OF INTEREST -- Approval of Contracts (issuance of check by county treasurer) -- Leases (contract between county and … a county treasurer would have a conflict of interest by virtue of the county's renewal of a lease of a gravel pit … of which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the officer or employee (General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-32Opinion 88-9
… on behalf of the district. You state that the parcel is needed for an anticipated enlargement of the district's … to increase or improve the facilities of the district is such an authorized purpose (Town Law, §§202-b, … the approval of the board of commissioners, the town board is required to cause a map and plan of the proposed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-9Opinion 91-6
… GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §103: A local government may not, by local law, authorize the purchase of commodities from … Services Administration contracts. You ask whether a town, by local law, may authorize the purchase of commodities from … part, as follows: Except as otherwise expressly provided by an act of the legislature or by a local law adopted prior …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-6