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DiNapoli: NYC Projects Budget Surplus For 2017, But Faces Risks With Federal Budget Cuts
… federal funding in the years ahead with proposed budget cuts looming in Washington, according to a report … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "The President's proposed budget would make steep reductions in programs upon which … its reserves to cushion against the potential for federal budget cuts and the possible roll back of the Affordable Care …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-nyc-projects-budget-surplus-2017-faces-risks-federal-budget-cutsOpinion 91-33
… on a monthly basis not later than ten days after the last day of each month. This sentence, by its specific terms, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-33Opinion 2002-16
… towns and villages, as municipal corporations, have only those powers expressly granted by statute and such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-16DiNapoli Analysis Finds Sharp Decline in Homeless Veterans in New York
… accounted for 53% of homeless veterans in the state, but only 11.1% of the overall veteran population. In New York, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-analysis-finds-sharp-decline-homeless-veterans-new-yorkOpinion 90-4
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … a privately owned pond within the village where such pond is an integral part of the village's drainage system and … Whether special legislation by the Legislature is necessary to authorize the village to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-4Opinion 2005-9
… SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Central High School Districts (training requirement for board members) EDUCATION LAW §§1901, … district of the central high school district must take the training required by section 2102-a of the Education Law if … to the central high school board after that date. The training must be taken within the first year of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-9Opinion 91-39
… SERVICE LAW, §150; RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, §212: A village trustee who also serves as a town employee, … limitation imposed by Retirement and Social Security Law, §212. If his or her post-retirement salary as trustee would … limit imposed by Retirement and Social Security Law, §212. Civil Service Law, §150 provides generally for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-39Henrietta Fire District – Distribution of Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Proceeds (2025M-26)
… Law (Insurance Law), FFI tax proceeds are generated from a tax, generally at a rate of 2 percent that is imposed on the premiums of fire insurance policies written … (Treasurer) is the chief fiscal officer and is responsible for the day-to-day financial activities, which includes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/05/30/henrietta-fire-district-distribution-foreign-fire-insurance-tax-proceedsOpinion 89-22
… issues discussed in the opinion. STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Traffic Signals (responsibility of towns to install and … TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (responsibility to install traffic signals) TOWN LAW, §64(16); VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1651, 1652-a, 1652-b, 1660, 1682, 1684: Where …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-22Opinion 91-19
… gift under these circumstances. As noted, a fire district only has those powers expressly or by necessary implication …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 88-62
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund … to establish one or more public dumps or dumping grounds. In addition, Town Law, §221(1) authorizes town boards to … a "physical public betterment or improvement" within the meaning and intent of General Municipal Law, §6-c (GML, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-62Noise in New York City Neighborhoods: Assessing Risk in Urban Noise Management, January 2018
Every day, New York City’s eight million residents face a mix of urban noise, which, at best, poses an annoyance and, at worst, impacts quality of life.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/health-noise-in-nyc-2018.pdfOpinion 91-54
… delegated to the municipal corporation by the Legislature (NY Const, art XVI, §1; Sonmax, Inc. v City of New York , 43 … of Huntington , 85 Misc 2d 800, 380 NYS2d 466; Kessell v Purcell , 119 Misc 2d 449, 463 NYS2d 384; see also Municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-54XII.5.F Payment Dates and Terms Overview – XII. Expenditures
… Pay Term by recording it on the voucher. Agencies should only change the default Pay Terms if the vendor offers a term … 2% Disc in 30 days, Net 30 20 20 (For Utility Payments Only) Payment 20 Days, Net 30 30 Net30 * Net 30 31530 3/15 … the System Calculated Scheduled Due Date Agencies should only override the system-calculated Scheduled Due Date on an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii5f-payment-dates-and-terms-overviewDiNapoli: Environmental Protection Fund Spending Reflects Historic State Commitment
… from New York's Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), one of the state's most important funding sources for preserving … natural resources," DiNapoli said. "Historic high levels of EPF spending in recent years underscore the fund's vital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/dinapoli-environmental-protection-fund-spending-reflects-historic-state-commitmentOther Bulletin No. 1
… Purpose To provide instructions for processing of the Lump Sum Bonus Payments for eligible employees in … University Construction Fund Resolution and Chapter 103 of the Laws of 2004 which provide for Lump Sum Bonus Payments for … To provide instructions for processing of the Lump Sum Bonus Payments for eligible employees in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-1-lump-sum-bonus-payments-suny-construction-fund-employeesOpinion 2001-1
… generally to State and local governments ( Garcia v San Antonio MTA , 469 US 528, 105 S Ct 1005, 83 L Ed2d 1016), New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-1Opinion 96-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … district) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (purchase of real property - need for State Comptroller approval in … Whether approval of the State Comptroller is required prior to the purchase of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 2008-5
… fire company to be expended for fire company purposes only. If the village owns all of the fire apparatus to be … fire company must be expended for fire company purposes only and provides no authority to the village unilaterally to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-5Village of Lisle – Transparency of Fiscal Activities (S9-24-13)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Village of Lisle (Village) Board of Trustees (Board): Conducted an annual audit of the Village Chief Fiscal Officer’s (CFO) financial records and … Determine whether the Village of Lisle Village Board of Trustees Board Conducted an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2024/12/20/village-lisle-transparency-fiscal-activities-s9-24-13