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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… and services totaling was $3.3 million during the audit period and $3.2 million was unsupported or for unbudgeted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… taxes were assessed than necessary to fund operations each year. The board also failed to hold budget hearings before April 15 each year (from two to 11 days late) to discuss the 2017-18, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-2DiNapoli: Weak Oversight Leads to Tax Breaks for Ineligible Properties
… in two private forest conservation programs receiving property tax exemptions of up to 80% for which they may be ineligible, … . Under State Comptroller DiNapoli’s open data initiative, search millions of state and local government financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-weak-oversight-leads-tax-breaks-ineligible-propertiesDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for Feb. 2014
… than 2.7 million payments worth more than $8.5 billion in February 2014. His office also rejected 157 contract … Medicaid administrative services contract is implemented in state fiscal year 2015-16. Office of General Services – … City – Transportation Grants Approved nearly $6 million in state Department of Transportation grants for New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/03/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-feb-2014DiNapoli: OTDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Services Provided to Those in Homeless Shelters
… Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) needs to improve its oversight of local departments of social services and homeless shelter providers to make sure those entering the shelters are being set up with a plan to get the services they need and transition to permanent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-otda-needs-improve-oversight-services-provided-those-homeless-sheltersThe Changing Face of Post-Pandemic New York City
… year by year as 2020 approached. Despite the overall net population increase, people were also leaving the city, … parts of the state or the country spiked in 2021, with a net loss of 313,358 people. Decline and Rebound of … nationally. In 2022, however, as the pandemic subsided, net international migration to the city was more than double …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/changing-face-post-pandemic-new-york-cityFederal Spending by Major Funding Streams and Functions – Federal Funding and New York
… $206,257 $228,793 $255,999 Note: Includes grants over $300 million except for Unemployment Insurance (UI) State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/federal-spending-major-funding-streams-and-functionsClaims for Deceased Owners and Estates
… Testamentary In limited circumstances, an heir or payer of funeral expenses can submit a claim if there is no … information. No Court-Appointed Representative – Payer of Funeral Expenses If there is no court-appointed … representative for the estate, the payer of funeral expenses may claim reimbursement of up to $5,000 by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/claimants/claims-deceased-owners-and-estatesCredit for Military or Additional Service – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… benefit for your military service. Military service is creditable under most 20- and 25-year retirement plans. Because service credit is a factor in calculating a NYSLRS retirement benefit, in … retirement plans, only service in certain job titles is creditable toward the retirement benefit calculation. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/credit-military-or-additional-serviceCredit for Military or Additional Service – State Police Plan
… benefit for your military service. Military service is creditable under most 20- and 25-year retirement plans. Because service credit is a factor in calculating a NYSLRS retirement benefit, in … retirement plans, only service in certain job titles is creditable toward the retirement benefit calculation. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/credit-military-or-additional-serviceXI.2.A Thresholds – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… following entities: State agencies, the Office of General Services (OGS), State agencies serviced by the OGS Business … contracts, State University of New York (SUNY), SUNY Construction Fund, SUNY health care facilities, City University of New York (CUNY), and CUNY Construction Fund. (See OSC Approval Thresholds Summary for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi2a-thresholdsOpinion 95-8
… the custody of the chief fiscal officer, was passed by the Assembly in 1994 (see Assembly Bill No. 8338) and reintroduced in the Assembly in 1995 (see Assembly Bill No. 1582). We also note, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-8Opinion 2000-10
… GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §6-l: When a county civic center is financed both by the issuance of county obligations, and a … of section 6-l of the General Municipal Law. This is in reply to your request for our opinion regarding the … 41 authorized the State, the city in which the county is located, the county and the UDC to enter into those …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-10Opinion 99-4
… employees and facilities of town) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Dispose of" (meaning of for purposes of General Municipal … an IDA is expressly authorized to "acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate purposes" … we note in particular that, while the authority to "dispose" of personal property has been held, in certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-4Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… Aspects of Discretionary Spending (2013-S-10) CDTA did not have formal policies that outlined whether certain types of discretionary expenses were proper, what would be considered reasonable amounts for such expenditures, and what documentation would be required to demonstrate that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-auditsOpinion 89-5
… Laws of New York, Book 7B, CPLR, §6501, p 438). The notice is filed with the clerk of any county where the property affected is situated (CPLR, §6511[a]). If the clerk maintains a block index it is indexed against the block. A county clerk who does not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-5Opinion 96-3
… (competitive bidding not an exception); (recoupment of contract cost through fees not an exception) -- Interest in Contract (village trustee providing environmental review … A village trustee would have a prohibited interest in a contract for environmental review and planning services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-3Opinion 91-62
… is no longer needed for village purposes may be conveyed ( cf . County Law, §215[4]). This Office has consistently … of village property to a school district public library ( cf . 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-81, p 82, concerning the … library, it does not authorize gifts of real property ( cf . 1983 Opns St Comp No. 83-117, p 146). Although there is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-62DiNapoli: New York City's Budget Benefits From Strong Economic Growth
… manageable under current economic conditions, according to an analysis released today by New York State Comptroller … city deserves credit for prudently increasing its reserves to hedge against an economic setback. While the out-year … appear manageable, the city should continue its efforts to narrow them.” The city projects budget gaps of $1.5 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-new-york-citys-budget-benefits-strong-economic-growthOpinion 2000-21
… or towns and village or villages a joint fire district for the purposes hereinafter stated and in the manner … town or towns. This language suggests that, in order for a village to be included within a joint fire district, … 4 of Town Law §189-a, which establishes a procedure for extension of a joint fire district by "each town and … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-21