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Responsiveness to Noise Complaints Related to Construction Projects
… Purpose To determine whether the New York City Department of … Code) and adequately addressed noise complaints related to construction in New York City. Our audit period was … of 90,861 construction noise complaints were called in to New York City’s 311 system. According to the World Health …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/08/31/responsiveness-noise-complaints-related-construction-projectsPublic Housing Modernization Program – Administration of Selected Projects Outside of New York City
… Purpose To assess the effectiveness of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal’s administration of Public Housing Modernization Program (Program) funds … To assess the effectiveness of the Division of Housing and Community Renewals administration of Public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/05/12/public-housing-modernization-program-administration-selected-projects-outside-new-york-cityOversight of Kendra’s Law (Follow-Up)
… Treatment (AOT) to ensure that individuals with severe mental illness and a history of hospitalizations or violence … of a New York City subway train by a man with a history of mental illness and hospitalization. The Law took effect in … treatment services through a face-to-face visit within one week of the court order. In addition, providers are required …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/11/06/oversight-kendras-law-followOpinion 91-18
… the confidential secretary or bookkeeper. You ask whether it is still the opinion of this Office that there is no prohibited conflict of interest if a supervisor … Whether it is still the opinion of this Office that there is no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-18Opinion 90-63
… (recognition dinner for volunteers); (holding party for senior citizens) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and … workers); (miscellaneous expenses - holiday party for senior citizens) VOLUNTEERS -- Compensation (authority to … for the senior citizens of the sponsor municipality or school district. You ask whether a public library may fund a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-63York College – Time and Attendance Practices for Public Safety Staff
… Purpose To determine whether York College had adequate controls over the time and attendance of Public Safety employees to provide reasonable assurance that they worked the hours … To determine whether York College had adequate controls over …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/04/06/york-college-time-and-attendance-practices-public-safety-staffReducing Medicaid Costs for Recipients Who Are Eligible for Medicare (Follow-Up)
… for Recipients Who Are Eligible for Medicare (Report 2021-S-16 ). About the Program DOH administers the State’s … for Medicare are required to apply for Medicare as a condition of receiving Medicaid. When Medicaid recipients … saved $294.4 million on behalf of these recipients for clinic, inpatient, and practitioner claims that could have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/08/13/reducing-medicaid-costs-recipients-who-are-eligible-medicare-followOpinion 89-48
… guarantee that the obligation of the contractor and/or subcontractor will be met. We have been unable to discover …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-48Opinion 88-37
… previously in service for three years or more, or in the case of a police or fire vehicle , in service for one year or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-37Baker Victory Services – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… June 30, 2014, Baker Victory reported approximately $6.9 million in reimbursable costs on its CFR for the rate-based … documentation to support its cost allocations. As a result, we could not confirm that all costs that Baker … either could not be located or were incomplete. As a result of the audit, Baker Victory hired a new CPA to review …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/10/07/baker-victory-services-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualOpinion 92-24
… GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §60; PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §70-a; TOWN LAW, §64(11): A publication which does not satisfy … as an official newspaper. A town board is not required to designate an official newspaper, but if it elects to do so the board must follow the order of selection set …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-24Opinion 97-13
… (service credit for training taken during a period of suspension); (service credit for training taken without … §217(c)(i): A volunteer firefighter serving a disciplinary suspension may not earn points for training courses taken during the suspension. A volunteer firefighter in a fire district fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-13Opinion 92-4
… district may pay for supervised physical fitness training sessions for its active volunteer firefighters so long as the … moneys to pay for supervised physical fitness training sessions for active volunteer firefighters of the fire … it appears that the contract for the supervised training sessions will not be subject to competitive bidding. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-4Opinion 98 - 19
… discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Apparatus and Equipment (referendum requirement for installment … contracts for the financing of equipment, machinery and apparatus (see 1997 Opns St Comp No. 97-10, p 18). There … is "subject to such vote, referendum or such referendum and vote, as the case may be, in the same manner as provided …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-19Opinion 92-11
… or required to purchase or maintain insurance. In the case of expenditures from the fund to pay settled or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11Opinion 93-20
… of countersignature) TOWN LAW, §37(1); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §§10, 23(2)(f): A town, by local law, may require … issued by the town supervisor). Pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law, §10, however, towns may adopt and amend local laws, … their property, affairs or government (Municipal Home Rule Law, §10[1][i]) and the transaction of their business …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-20Opinion 98-24
… FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (for Volunteer Firefighters' Benefit Law coverage for a … of a bordering fire company providing on-going services) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Disability Benefits (liability for … Municipal Law, §209-i(1-a), accepts the services of a volunteer firefighter who is a member of a fire company in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-24Opinion 94-4
… rise or origin to a claim may be executed by a signature stamp affixed with the intent to execute the statement, … or may contain a signature affixed by a signature stamp. Town Law, §118(1) provides that, with certain … have concluded that a town justice may affix a signature stamp upon his or her docket books (30 Opns St Comp, 1974, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-4Opinion 94-27
… ASSESSMENTS -- Assessments (imposition of assessment for road improvement against non-fronting owners) TOWN LAW, §§200, 202(2): The cost of a road improvement undertaken pursuant to Town Law, §200 may be … owners. You ask whether a town may assess the cost of a road improvement under Town Law, §200 against both abutting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-27Opinion 91-42
… fiscal officer of the village and that it shall be his or her responsibility to have custody of all moneys belonging to … (see General Municipal Law, §119-n). As to the village's home rule power in this instance, we note that villages are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-42