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Far Rockaway Pre-School Provider "Investor" Pleads Guilty in Theft of Education Funds Intended for Special Needs Students
… as Daniel Laniado, 44, of Brooklyn. Laniado appeared yesterday afternoon before Queens Supreme Court Justice …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/far-rockaway-pre-school-provider-investor-pleads-guilty-theft-education-funds-intended-special-needsProcessing of Sexual Offense Evidence Collection Kits (Follow-Up)
… to October 31, 2019, the FIC processed 1,656 kits, but only 356 of them were completed within the time frames …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/10/27/processing-sexual-offense-evidence-collection-kits-followOpinion 90-40
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VILLAGE MAYOR -- Deputy (right to vote as trustee and deputy mayor) PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HEARINGS -- Voting Procedure (right of village deputy mayor to vote as deputy and as trustee) VILLAGE LAW, … Whether a village trustee when serving as deputy mayor during the absence or inability of the mayor to attend …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-40State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… they did not have a plan to identify all potential outlets for sampling. Auditors also found that district officials did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Opinion 89-65
… a contract for additional legal services between the town and his or her law firm, if the town attorney has any of the … outside counsel, the board may act by simple resolution and a local law is not required. A contract between the town and the town attorney's law firm, however, raises the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-65Town of East Hampton - Budget Review (B19-7-10)
… Town’s general fund as of December 31, 2007, December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009. New York State Local Finance Law … are reasonable. The Town’s 2020 tentative budget includes a proposed tax levy of $58,426,602. Key Recommendations The budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/11/08/town-east-hampton-budget-review-b19-7-10Audit of the Tuition Assistance Program at Stony Brook University
… master’s programs as well as 40 doctoral programs and 30 certificate programs. Stony Brook’s current enrollment is … to the school on behalf of 12,352 students. We reviewed a sample of 175 randomly selected TAP awards paid during the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/26/audit-tuition-assistance-program-stony-brook-universityDiNapoli Report Finds Big Five School Districts' Use of Pandemic Aid Reflects Different Priorities
… recovery as part of the ARP/ESSER III application process, only one of the Big Five districts reviewed (Buffalo) has … districts. In the 2021-22 school year, Buffalo was the only district to have more students enrolled than it did ten …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/11/dinapoli-report-finds-big-five-school-districts-use-pandemic-aid-reflects-different-prioritiesXI.18.H The Infrastructure Investment Act – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… The Infrastructure Investment Act 1 (“the Act”) allows for a design-build contract, an alternative delivery method, for capital projects 2 located in New York State related to … Development Authority and the Battery Park City Authority for capital projects. New York State Department of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi18h-infrastructure-investment-actMedicaid Cap Legislation
A new law was enacted (Chapter 58 of the Laws of 2005) to “cap” county Medicaid costs at calendar 2005 levels and limit growth rates to 3.5 percent in 2006 and
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/medicaidcap_1.pdfOpinion 95-8
… moneys constitute dedicated general fund revenues for use only for purposes of the claiming authority or claiming … services" subaccount of the general fund, and used only for law enforcement purposes in the investigation of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-8Opinion 2009-2
… is based on the total cost of the improvement or only on the amount of the improvement to be financed by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-2-0Opinion 2001-4
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … not relevant here, the town board of each town shall fix, from time to time, the salaries of all officers and … pursuant to the board's authority under Town Law §27(1) to fix, from time to time, the salary of all town officers (Opn …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-4Opinion 98-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Firefighters' Benefit Law coverage for a firefighter of a bordering fire company providing on-going services) … Whether a fire district accepts the services of a member of a fire company in a bordering area is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-24Opinion 89-18
… TAX LAW, §§310, 318; STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1: In the absence of express statutory authority, a town may … certain circumstances). Further, although Town Law, §116(1) authorizes a town to pay all actual and necessary expenses … wages. This Office, in interpreting Uniform Justice Court Act, §105, which provides for the reimbursement by a town or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18Preferred Source Contracting
… for monitoring NYSID’s Program activities, it has provided only minimal oversight. As such, there is little assurance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/28/preferred-source-contractingAid and Incentives for Municipalities: New York State’s Local Revenue Sharing Program
This report provides an overview of revenue sharing; a discussion of AIM’s impact on cities, towns, and villages; and an analysis of changes to the program and their effects on inflation-adjusted growth in AIM funding.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/2022/pdf/revenue-sharing-aim-2022.pdfOpinion 90-45
… no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory … state that, for reasons of efficiency or economy, there is a need for standardization. The resolution must contain a … of the reasons for its adoption and should declare why, as a matter of fact and not mere opinion, efficiency or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-45Opinion 95-5
… discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Emergency (911) Telephone System (use of surplus surcharge revenue to pay … a county which has implemented the enhanced emergency telephone system (E911) surcharge authorized by County Law, … and administration by counties of enhanced emergency telephone service ("E911"). Generally, Article 6 provides …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-5DiNapoli: MTA Needs to Refocus Attention on Overdue Upgrades and Preparations for Extreme Weather
… yet since 2015 the MTA has only spent $56 million on pump rooms and other line equipment with another $189 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/12/dinapoli-mta-needs-refocus-attention-overdue-upgrades-and-preparations-extreme-weather