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Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-88
… be reported for tracking employees eligible for a future Pay Change associated with Judiciary Law, Sections 37.3 and … and two new Reason Codes to be used when reporting the Pay Change associated with previously reported appointing … year in which the employee is eligible to receive the Pay Change to 2nd Longevity. Note : In the case of a salary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-88-new-reason-codes-373-judiciary-law-373-and-379-judiciary-lawState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… Inventory (Suffolk County) The district does not have a complete and accurate inventory of information technology (IT) equipment. District officials have not adequately accounted for IT assets and they have no assurance that the assets have been adequately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsOpinion 93-16
… VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (credit for activities performed by local government employees during … AND PHRASES -- "Regularly Assigned Work Periods" (meaning for purposes of General Municipal Law, §217[f]) GENERAL … may not earn credit under a service award program for responding to fire alarms during their "regularly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16Opinion 93-15
… Town Law, §123 provides that, on or before January 20, each town officer or employee who has received or disbursed any moneys in the previous fiscal year "shall account with the town board for such moneys and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-15Opinion 97-20
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … tax moneys to remodel and purchase appliances for the firehouse kitchen …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-20Opinion 91-57
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Finances (comingling library … Library fund moneys of a village public library held in the custody of the village treasurer may be comingled with … would be more efficient if library moneys were deposited in and disbursed from the same bank account as village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-57Opinion 96-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … capital notes or budget notes, and the fire district is situated wholly or partly within a town which is wholly or … Whether approval of the State Comptroller is required prior to the purchase of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 2000-19
… Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there … anticipated that the elevator will be used to significant degree by other than disabled association members, only that … prescribed by the special act (see 1999 Opns St Comp No. 99-3, p 5; 1997 Opns St Comp No. 97-4, p 8; 1995 Opns St …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-19DiNapoli: Audit Finds up to $12.1 Million in Inappropriate Medicaid Payments
… released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. By the end of audit fieldwork, about $2.1 million of the overpayments were recovered. "My auditors continue to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-audit-finds-121-million-inappropriate-medicaid-paymentsComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Scheneiderman Announce 2 to 6 Year Prison Sentence for Former Councilman Ruben Wills in Public Corruption Scheme
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the sentencing of former New … investigators and auditors working with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Mr. Wills has been brought to justice," … – and he'll now pay the price," said Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. "We will continue to ensure that public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/08/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-scheneiderman-announce-2-6-year-prison-sentence-former-councilman-rubenState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… and Effectiveness of Department of Motor Vehicles’(DMV) Licensing and Registration Systems (Follow-Up) (2016-F-15) An audit report issued in September 2014 found that ITS and DMV were not in compliance with security standards that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-1Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing for Rensselaer DPW Employees Who Stole Scrap Metal Proceeds
… “These sentences echo our ongoing message that those who violate the public trust by stealing from their … the metal turned in. Court documents indicate that Foust, who was the foreman of the sanitation crew, told … theft from the city during the four- year period. Capuano is due in court for sentencing May 21. The Joint Task Force …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-rensselaer-dpw-employees-who-stole-scrapOpinion 91-19
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (authority to make gift to fire company); (authority to accept gift of firefighting equipment) FIRE COMPANY -- Powers and Duties (authority of fire district … Whether the fire district may give to the fire company the cash …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 2002-7
… 87-49, p 76; 1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-54, p 86; see also Buffalo and Erie County Public Library v County of Erie , 171 … 1975 Opns St Comp No. 75-399, unreported; see also Buffalo and Erie County Public Library , supra ; compare Korn … or statutory authority (see, e.g., McCabe v Voorhis , 243 NY 401; Citizens For An Orderly Energy Policy v County of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7Opinion 94-17
… [2]; see also General Municipal Law, §120-aa; Second Class Cities Law, §79). Although we are aware of no State … such amounts remaining unpaid on the date taxes are levied against the real property for which or in connection with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 2004-8
… LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (reserve fund for health care benefits) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§6-n, 6-p; 92-a; … for direct cash reimbursements by the village for health care benefits of its officers and employees. This is in … to your inquiry concerning a village that provides health care benefits for its employees and their families through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-8Opinion 88-43
… 207-c; WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, §25(4): When deputy sheriffs and county corrections officers are injured in the … This is in reply to your letter with respect to deputy sheriffs and county corrections officers who sustain injuries … the disability ceases. For purposes of section 207-c, sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-43State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… and remit all collections to the appropriate parties in a timely and accurate manner. As a result of the audit and … with public records, and she agreed to pay $21,296 in restitution before sentencing. In August 2020, the former clerk was sentenced to five years …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 95-14
… computer for fire department); (ceremony to dedicate fire house and apparatus) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Unless … purposes and to pay for a ceremony to dedicate a new fire house and new fire apparatus. You ask whether a volunteer … purposes, and to pay for a ceremony to dedicate a new fire house and new fire apparatus. Sections 9104 and 9105 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-14Opinion 94-6
… when interpreting analogous provisions (see e.g. Yonkers Bus v Maltbie, n.o.r., 23 NYS2d 87 affd 260 App Div 893, 23 … see also 1982 Opns St Comp No. 82-166, p 213). In Yonkers Bus, supra, the court construed the provisions of Second …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-6