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Opinion 95-2
… is exempt from paying that portion of its cable television bill which is designated as a "franchise fee". You state that … is exempt from paying that portion of its cable television bill which is designated as a franchise fee …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-2Opinion 88-30
… the district) -- Connections (requiring property owners to connect to a district water system) TOWN LAW, §§130(15), … by ordinance, may require district property owners to connect to a district water system in the proper exercise of … board to require that a property owner in a water district connect to the water district water system. You state that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-30Opinion 94-10
… the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (human rights commission) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (part-town human rights commission) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Human Rights (establishment of joint townwide-village commission) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§119-o, 239-o: A town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-10Opinion 89-44
… it is without question that, given the general statutory scheme pertaining to the collection and distribution of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-44Opinion 92-55
… AND EMPLOYEES -- Powers and Duties (performing work for private water system) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (services for private water systems) VILLAGE LAW, §§1-102(2), 11-1120, … to perform testing of water within a private water system for purposes of maintaining the private system and to oversee …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-55Opinion 91-42
… investment of department funds and village funds); (gift of department funds to village subject to condition … the fire department, in its discretion, may offer a gift of its moneys to the village (see Not-For-Profit … §202). The village board is authorized to accept such a gift upon lawful terms and conditions prescribed by the fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-42Opinion 90-12
… of law to the contrary notwithstanding", the obvious meaning of the statute is that only a certification by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-12Opinion 94-27
… Town Law, §200 authorizes a town board, either upon petition of a prescribed percentage of fronting or abutting … improvement is subject to permissive referendum and the petition requesting a referendum must be initiated, signed and acknowledged in the same manner as a petition for the improvements pursuant to section 200 (Town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-27Opinion 2001-6
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (purchase of personal … machine and refrigerator for fire department use) INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: Unless otherwise provided by … fire department may determine to use foreign fire insurance tax monies to purchase a personal computer, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-6DiNapoli: Former Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Felony in Theft of More Than $5,000 in Fire District Funds
… treasurer for Pulteney Fire District No. 2 pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $5,000 in public funds, after an … salary. Lisa Stone, 45, of Hammondsport, pleaded guilty today to grand larceny in the third degree (a class D felony) … treasurer for Pulteney Fire District No 2 pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $5000 in public funds after an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/dinapoli-former-treasurer-pleads-guilty-felony-theft-more-5000-fire-district-fundsDiNapoli: MWBE Participation in the State’s Pension Fund Rose to All-Time High in State Fiscal Year 2020-21
… York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) assets managed by Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) managers grew from $20 billion to approximately $27 billion in state fiscal year 2020-21 and the Fund’s Emerging Manager … New York State Common Retirement Fund Fund assets managed by Minority and WomenOwned Business …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/dinapoli-mwbe-participation-states-pension-fund-rose-all-time-high-state-fiscal-year-2020-21Calendar Year Municipalities That Have Not Filed in Time for a FSMS Score in All Three Years 2012 - 2014
Calendar Year Municipalities That Have Not Filed in Time for a FSMS Score in All Three Years 2012 - 2014
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/fiscal-monitoring/pdf/persistentnonfilingmunis.pdfOpinion 92-9
… as requiring a physical presence in a courtroom before a judge ( cf ., e.g., People v Thumser , 144 Misc 2d 425, 544 … without actually being present in a courtroom before a judge. In People ex rel Choate v Barrett , 56 Hun 351, 9 NYS … meeting at certain times and places for the hearing and decision of causes and other matters brought before it, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-9Opinion 99-4
… feasibility study of expanding the town's municipal water service to help attract industrial or economic development, … or by necessary implication therefrom (see, e.g., Civil Service Forum v New York City Transit Authority , 4 AD2d 117, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-4Opinion 88-25
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … issues discussed in the opinion. PARK DISTRICTS -- Use of (exclusion of nonresidents); (imposition of fees and … This provision has been interpreted to authorize the exclusion of nonresidents from the facilities of a park …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-25XI-A.9 Receiving – XI-A. Purchasing
… Health) Receiving of perishable foods (e.g., Sysco, Driscoll) Agencies must practice “blind receiving” whenever …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xia/xi-a9-receivingOpinion 2002-11
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award … award program that provides points for participation in department responses, a volunteer firefighter must be … of the emergency rescue and first aid squad, as set forth in section 217(c)(vi)(B) of the General Municipal Law, and an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-11DiNapoli Report Looks at New York City Metro Area's Import and Export Economies
… of federal trade policy choices on their businesses and households. “New York City is one of the country’s … Asia is the nation’s largest partner at over 25% of total import value ($747.2 billion). Canada was also estimated to provide more than 16% of the total import value to the metropolitan area within New York state. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/03/dinapoli-report-looks-new-york-city-metro-areas-import-and-export-economiesOpinion 2012-1
… -- Purchases and Sales (purchases of highway related products from company owned by a member of a town board of … Board of Assessment Review (purchases of highway related products from company owned by a member of a town board of … sole proprietor of a company that sells highway related products would have an interest in contracts between the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 2000-19
… tax monies to facilitate access to its meeting room and offices by disabled members of the association through … provide transportation to the association meeting room and office area, and would be made accessible to disabled … afflicts body or mind; especially, the partial removal of pain, grief, want, care, anxiety, toil or anything …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-19