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Bayport Fire District – Credit Card Use (2016M-394)
… is no record of the Board adopting the District’s credit card policy. The credit card account allows for cash advances of up to $1,000 per card per day. Not all purchases contained documentation … Bayport Fire District Credit Card Use 2016M394 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2017/01/27/bayport-fire-district-credit-card-use-2016m-394Ballston Lake Fire District – Length of Service Awards Program Service Credit (2016M-379)
… to determine whether District officials properly awarded firefighters Length of Service Awards Program (LOSAP) service … were approximately $184,000. Key Findings In 2015 three firefighters received one year of service credit and a … Correct the service credit records of the three firefighters who inappropriately received one year of service …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2017/03/17/ballston-lake-fire-district-length-service-awards-program-service-creditAccounts Payable Advisory No. 9
… Subject: Making Payments to National Grid Guidance: This advisory has been updated to reflect new … a unique invoice number on vouchers payable to National Grid, as discussed below. Consistent with the Guide to … preparation of vouchers payable to National Grid may delay payment crediting and Business Units may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/9-complex-entity-national-gridContract Advisory No. 22
… meeting the criteria below are subject to archiving and may be closed by BOC: A minimum of one year has passed … been no activity (SFS amendment transactions or payments) for one year. No open purchase orders (encumbrances) are … SFS Secure Job Aids: JAA-PO220-021 Viewing PO Information for Canceled and Closed POs – FYE JAA-PO220-034 Viewing PO …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/contract-advisory/22-closed-contracts-statewide-financial-systemBradford Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. – Apparent Misappropriation of Funds (2016M-91)
… audit was to evaluate the Company’s financial operations for the period January 1, 2014 through September 17, 2015. … The Bradford Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that provides fire protection and emergency rescue services to residents in the Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2016/12/02/bradford-volunteer-fire-company-inc-apparent-misappropriationComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits have … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the following local government audits have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Receiving Your Benefit and Filing Your Option Election – New Career Plan
… beneficiary after your death. Filing Your Option Election You must file your Option Election form (unless notified otherwise, as in the case of … is later. If your election is not timely, by law, we must process your retirement as if you had selected Cash Refund — …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1515/receiving-your-benefit-and-filing-your-option-electionReceiving Your Benefit and Filing Your Option Election – Non-Contributory Plan with Guaranteed Benefits
… beneficiary after your death. Filing Your Option Election You must file your Option Election form (unless notified otherwise, as in the case of … is later. If your election is not timely, by law, we must process your retirement as if you had selected Cash Refund — …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1513/receiving-your-benefit-and-filing-your-option-electionReceiving Your Benefit and Filing Your Option Election – Police and Fire Plan
… beneficiary after your death. Filing Your Option Election You must file your Option Election form (unless notified otherwise, as in the case of … is later. If your election is not timely, by law, we must process your retirement as if you had selected Cash Refund — …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1512/receiving-your-benefit-and-filing-your-option-electionVested Retirement Benefit – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… Eligibility If you leave public employment before retirement age, but have five or more years of credited service, you will be eligible for a vested retirement benefit when you do reach retirement age. Your benefit will be based on your service …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/vested-retirement-benefitOpinion 88-34
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … and rules) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1640, 1660, 1800; TOWN LAW, §§130, 131, 133; VILLAGE LAW, §20-2002: Towns may … subsequent publication are concerned " (emphasis supplied; NY Legis Ann. 1970, p 236). Although subsequent legislation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-34Opinion 92-41
… St Comp, 1961, p 252; cf . Wells v Town of Salina , 119 NY 280). We are not aware of any statute which expressly … be free from doubt' ( Saltser& Weinsier v McGoldrick , 205 NY 499 at 506; see Lawrence Const. Corporation v State , 293 … Traction Co. , 214 NY 526; Gordon v McGovern , 284 AD 25, 130 NYS2d 128, affd 308 NY 989). It is also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-41English Language Learners Programs
… According to the U.S. Department of Education, there is a well-documented achievement gap between students learning … appropriate support to improve English proficiency can result in better academic outcomes and engagement in … to learn English and other subjects at the same academic level as all other children. Within SED, the Office of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/09/18/english-language-learners-programsOpinion 90-19
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Powers and Duties (regulating activities of fire companies) FIRE COMPANY -- By-Laws (regulating internal affairs of … Concerning the relationship between a village and its fire department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-19Opinion 91-11
… referendum if it abolishes, transfers or "curtails" any power of an elective officer. Two leading cases on the … the term of office of an appointive officer curtails any power of an elective officer are Morin v Foster , 45 NY2d … 387 and Hampton Heights Development Corp. v Board of Water Supply of the City of Utica , 140 AD2d 458, 531 NYS2d 421. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-11Selected Management and Operations Practices – BuildSmart NY/Executive Order 88
… 22 (EO 22) was issued to ensure that State agencies follow best practices in green purchasing and in their operations by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/09/28/selected-management-and-operations-practices-buildsmart-nyexecutive-order-88State Police Bulletin No. SP-219
… is to provide the Division of State Police instructions for processing the 2021 Education Payment. Affected Employees … Officers Unit (CO/NCO) – BU17, and the State Police Investigators Unit (BCI) – BU62 who meet … will be made annually in June of each year and will be for one degree only. When the degree is obtained during the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-219-2021-state-police-education-paymentDiNapoli: State Agency Mishandled Housing Discrimination Complaints
… recorded in the system were found by DHR officials in a filing cabinet labeled the “Twilight Zone,” where some cases labeled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-state-agency-mishandled-housing-discrimination-complaintsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS): Selected Aspects of Supporting Small Businesses (2020-N-10) SBS’ Employee Retention Grant (ERG) Program was intended to … boroughs retain employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. SBS awarded 3,411 in grants totaling nearly $25 million, but …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0Opinion 2006-6
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Leave Time Generally (authority to provide … the supervisor generally may determine to take time off for personal reasons in his or her discretion. You ask … however, that an elected officer receives the salary fixed for the office as an incident of the office, and the absence …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-6