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Fire Protection in New York State: How Is It Provided in Your Community?
Fire Protection in New York State: How Is It Provided in Your Community?
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/fireprotection0317.pdfOpinion 95-19
… Security Law which authorizes the Retirement System to make appropriate adjustments for those employers which had … effect of enabling employers to contract indebtedness to make yet an additional prepayment to the System. Finally, if …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-19XII.5.I Prompt Payment Interest – XII. Expenditures
… SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES New York State Finance Law … required to make an interest payment to the vendor. This section provides State agencies information regarding: Prompt … on Prompt Payment Interest, please refer to Chapter XIV, Section 13.A – Prompt Payment Interest Overview of this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5i-prompt-payment-interestOther Bulletin No. 1
… To provide instructions for processing of the Lump Sum Bonus Payments for eligible employees in Bargaining Unit 96 … Chapter 103 of the Laws of 2004 which provide for Lump Sum Bonus Payments for eligible employees in Bargaining Units 96 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-1-lump-sum-bonus-payments-suny-construction-fund-employeesOpinion 91-33
… of Taxation and Finance) CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, §520.15(1)(a); CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §2601; 2 NYCRR 70.10, … received by a county treasurer pursuant to CPL, §520.15(1)(a) and moneys paid into court received by a county … construction of court facilities. GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §99-m: The 2% fee recoverable by a county treasurer for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-33Opinion 2002-16
… that publicity fund monies may be used, for example, to pay a chamber of commerce, pursuant to contract, an amount to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-16Opinion 90-4
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Permissible Uses … TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Assessments (special assessments in village) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (imposition of benefit assessments for drainage) LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §11.00(a)(3); VILLAGE LAW, §§4-412(3)(1), 22-2200: A …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-4Opinion 2005-9
… of the component district, the above-quoted provision does not apply to the instant situation. We note, however, … of Education has interpreted the quoted language to mean that a member of a central high school board must be … decided, however, that, as a matter of law, an individual does not necessarily remain on the central high school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-9Opinion 91-39
… by L 1984, ch 117, further provides that a person who retires from an elective public office and then "accepts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-39Henrietta Fire District – Distribution of Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Proceeds (2025M-26)
… Insurance Law and relevant case law, when a fire district’s fire department is comprised of both paid firefighting … and multiple volunteer fire companies, the fire district treasurer should distribute FFI tax proceeds among the paid … in this report must be prepared and forwarded to our office within 90 days. To the extent practicable, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/05/30/henrietta-fire-district-distribution-foreign-fire-insurance-tax-proceedsOpinion 89-22
… AND HIGHWAYS -- Traffic Signals (responsibility of towns to install and maintain) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties … town constructed, or owns, maintains, or exercises some form of control over the intersection, such as by installing … from the negligent maintenance of a highway---but to submit to a jury the reasonableness of the lawfully …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-22DiNapoli: Environmental Protection Fund Spending Reflects Historic State Commitment
… New York's Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), one of the state's most important funding sources for preserving open … are at historic highs, as well. Still, increased reliance on nonrecurring revenues, other General Fund receipts and … Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/dinapoli-environmental-protection-fund-spending-reflects-historic-state-commitmentOpinion 91-19
… fire districts to purchase apparatus and equipment for the extinguishment and prevention of fires. Although … There is no express or implied statutory authority for a fire district to make a gift of fire district property …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 91-54
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Taxes … and Assessments (authority of village to impose a tax on renters of real property); (authority of village to impose … general occupancy tax on renters of real property ( cf. , e.g., Tax Law, §1202-a et seq ., authorizing various local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-54Opinion 88-62
… things: a site investigation, consisting of hydrogeologic, explosive gas, surface leachate and vector investigations; a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-62DiNapoli: Weak Oversight Leads to Tax Breaks for Ineligible Properties
… conservation programs receiving property tax exemptions of up to 80% for which they may be ineligible, according to an … their goal to improve private forest management. The tax benefits received are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars … that forest land continued to be protected and enhanced as an economic resource. The audit examined a sample of 135 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-weak-oversight-leads-tax-breaks-ineligible-propertiesOpinion 2001-1
… generally to State and local governments ( Garcia v San Antonio MTA , 469 US 528, 105 S Ct 1005, 83 L Ed2d 1016), New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-1Opinion 96-1
Whether approval of the State Comptroller is required prior to the purchase of real property by a fire district located within the Adirondack Park
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 2008-5
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Powers and Duties (amount payable to volunteer fire company under fire protection contract); (restrictions on use of money …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-5Opinion 96 - 11
… approval on own motion) REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for when selling town real property); (on town board motion … inquiry concerning certain land originally acquired by a county for non-payment of taxes. The county conveyed the … v Ambro , 41 NY2d 952, 394 NYS2d 636; Ross v Wilson , 308 NY 605; Davis v Board of Education , 125 AD2d 534, 509 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-11