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State Agencies Bulletin No. 1278
… Purpose To explain why the Retirement Plan check box in Box 13 of Form W-2, must be … Service (IRS) Instructions for Form W-2 require that the Retirement Plan check box in Box 13 be checked for all … employees who are either: Covered* by an employer provided retirement plan or Were an active participant for any part of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1278-retirement-plan-check-box-form-w-2Opinion 99-3
… Firemen's Benevolent Association (use of tax moneys to make nominal contribution to designated charitable organization as memorial in honor of deceased … tax moneys may use a firefighters benevolent association to make a contribution to a charitable organization as a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-3Opinion 93-27
… LOCAL LAWS -- Taxes and Assessments (superseding sales tax provisions) SALES TAX -- Use (for reduction of townwide taxes within town … village area) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a)(8); TAX LAW, §1262(c): When a town and the villages within the … the Town of Cheektowaga may use its share of county sales tax revenues to reduce the townwide general fund tax levy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-27Opinion 98-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Whether a fire district accepts the services of a member of a fire company in a bordering …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-24Opinion 97-13
… taken without approval) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §217(c)(i): A volunteer firefighter serving a disciplinary suspension … by the sponsor of the program ( id .). Section 217(c)(i) provides that such activities may include "[t]raining … board of fire commissioners, we note that section 217(c)(i) does not contain an express approval requirement. We also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-13Opinion 91-42
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DEPARTMENT -- … the village may accept a gift of fire department moneys on the condition that the moneys be used only to acquire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-42Opinion 92-21
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in the opinion. FEES -- Justice Courts (mass dismissal of cases - entitlement to fees under General Municipal Law, … Whether towns and villages are entitled to the payment of fees pursuant to section 99l of the General Municipal Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-21Opinion 96-13
… and the State Employees' Retirement System. June 21, 1996 Vincent J. Messina, Jr., Esq., Town Attorney Town of Islip …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-13Opinion 2001-6
… of personal computer, facsimile machine and refrigerator for fire department use) INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: Unless otherwise provided by … the members of a volunteer fire department may determine to use foreign fire insurance tax monies to purchase a … Whether a volunteer fire department may use foreign fire insurance tax monies to buy a computer a fax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-6State Agencies Bulletin No. 1049
… who was bumped as the result of a reduction in force. LAR – Layoff Ret Remove an individual with permanent status …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1049-information-regarding-processing-layoff-transactions-payservState Agencies Bulletin No. 920
… instructions to pay the Firearms Training and Safety Incentive Program payment. Affected Employees PS&T Unit … Agreement between the State of New York and PEF, a pilot incentive program has been established for certain employees … are eligible for a pilot Firearms Training and Safety Incentive Program payment. This pilot program shall run …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/920-pef-firearms-training-and-safety-incentive-programState Agencies Bulletin No. 1119
… PEF or M/C Deficit Reduction Plan but prior to the full repayment of such temporary reductions, shall receive a lump … Codes OSC has created new earnings codes to process the repayment of the 2011-2012 PEF and M/C Deficit Reduction … prompted for an Emplid. The query results will provide the calendar year total for each of the 2011-2012 PEF, M/C and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1119-repayment-2011-2012-deficit-reduction-plan-employees-represented-publicState Agencies Bulletin No. 1198
… OSC is converting from using the Social Security number as the EMPLID in PayServ to using the NYS EMPLID, a … value for the following Automated Interface submissions: New Hire transactions Rehire, Concurrent Hire and Transfer … Program Web page at the OSC Internet site (http://www.osc.state.ny.us/payroll/pep.htm ) for additional updates on SSN …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1198-changes-automated-interface-transaction-processing-ai-agencies-onlyDiNapoli: New York Jobs Top 9 Million, New Statewide High
… New York reached its highest employment level ever of more … steady gains. Job growth was uneven across the state, with New York City gaining three out of four new statewide jobs … sectors, and signs of new growth in the western New York economy.” DiNapoli’s report examines employment, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/08/dinapoli-new-york-jobs-top-9-million-new-statewide-highDiNapoli: Audit Shows Former Highway Superintendent Took Taxpayers for a Ride in Town of Erin
… The former highway superintendent for the Town of Erin in Chemung County … vouchers to make it appear that the items were bought for highway department use. The audit revealed that in some … The former highway superintendent for the Town of Erin in Chemung County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-audit-shows-former-highway-superintendent-took-taxpayers-ride-town-erinDiNapoli: Funds Dedicated for Highway & Bridge Capital Projects Continue to be Diverted for Operating and Debt Costs
… Money in the Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund continues to be diverted for non-capital purposes, leaving critical highway and bridge projects at increased risk as the state faces fiscal … Money in the Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund continues to be diverted for noncapital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-funds-dedicated-highway-bridge-capital-projects-continue-be-diverted-operating-and-debtRecord of Activities (ROA) – Reporting Elected and Appointed Officials
… 30 days of completion. An elected or appointed official is not required to keep an ROA if: They are a retiree … member; or They are an employee whose membership in NYSLRS is optional and they have not joined NYSLRS. Direct your … a new ROA for an alternative three-month period. A new ROA is also necessary: If the number of hours worked changes; or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/reporting-ea-officials/record-activities-roaOpinion 90-13
… request and expense of a village, to install sewer pipe for a village sewer project in conjunction with a DOT road … reply to your letter concerning installation of sewer pipe for a village sewer project in conjunction with a planned New … informed us that DOT would incorporate the work required for the sewer project into DOT's scheduled road project by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-13Opinion 90-12
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTY TREASURER -- Powers and Duties (payment out of money … the clerk of court. You ask whether a county treasurer may pay out court funds upon being served with a copy of a court … Whether a county treasurer may pay out court funds upon being served …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-12DiNapoli: Georgia Woman Allegedly Stole Over $450K in NYS Pension and Social Security Payments
… S. Ennis today announced the arrest of a Georgia resident, Sandra Smith, for allegedly stealing over $450,000 in New … U.S. Attorney Diane Schulman for prosecuting this case.” Sandra Smith’s mother-in-law, Minnie Smith, was a longtime … At the time of Minnie Smith’s death in September 2006, Sandra Smith was her caretaker and handled her finances. As …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-georgia-woman-allegedly-stole-over-450k-nys-pension-and-social-security-payments