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Oversight of Adult Protective Services Programs
… Office of Children and Family Services adequately monitors Adult Protective Services activities to protect vulnerable … of Children and Family Services (OCFS) administers the Adult Protective Services (APS) program to assist vulnerable … or other legal intervention. Within OCFS, the Bureau of Adult Services (Bureau) oversees local APS programs …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/11/17/oversight-adult-protective-services-programsDiNapoli Audit Finds MTA Needs to Strengthen Extreme Weather Preparations
… regular, timely inspections and maintenance could put its storm mitigation infrastructure at risk. At two B&T tunnels … the day Tropical Storm Fay brought gale force winds and 2.31 inches of rain recorded at JFK Airport. Officials took … On two of the other seven days — Aug. 21 and Sept. 1, 2021 — bus depots flooded, but there was no record of any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-audit-finds-mta-needs-strengthen-extreme-weather-preparationsOpinion 2006-6
… Bookhout v Levitt , 43 NY2d 612, 403 NYS2d 200; 1980 Opns St Comp No. 80-416, p 121; compare 1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-39, p 115, discussing the waiver of salary by … personal reasons in his or her discretion. August 21, 2006 John M. Sipos, Esq., Town Attorney Town of Varick 1 We note …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-6Opinion 2006-9
… Whether the proposed transfer would constitute a sale for purposes of town law and be subject to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-9Opinion 99-11
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Whether it is proper for a school district to pay for the framing of a cancelled bond to be presented to a retiring …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-11Opinion 93-3
… Lynd v Heffernan , 286 AD 597, 146 NYS2d 113 mot for lv to app granted 1 NY2d 641, mot to withdraw app granted 1 NY2d 919, 154 NYS2d 976). The primary rationale …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3Oversight of Selected Aspects of Traffic Controls
… movement of pedestrians, goods, and vehicular traffic on the streets, highways, bridges, and waterways of New York … intersections without traffic signals. The federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) contains standards … did not always monitor traffic conditions due to traffic cameras that were pending repair for significant amounts of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/30/oversight-selected-aspects-traffic-controlsAudit Faults Justice Center Records, Raises Questions on Accountability
… DRNY has filed a lawsuit to force the agency to give them full access to records. DiNapoli has written to legislative … Justice Center disagreed with the audit's findings. Its full response is included in the audit. Read the audit , or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/audit-faults-justice-center-records-raises-questions-accountabilityOpinion 94-28
… of county-wide wastewater treatment) COUNTY LAW, §250 et seq.; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §99-d: Expenses incurred by a … its sewer districts and extensions (County Law, §§215, 250 et seq.; 1984 Opns St Comp No. 84-63, p 79). Therefore, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-28Opinion 90-31
… committee to act by majority of the quorum present at a meeting. You ask whether a committee formed to operate a … must establish a committee composed of a member from each town board. The committee is empowered to acquire necessary … airport or landing field, except to the extent that the town boards specify matters as to which action by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31Opinion 91-59
… of Hicksville may expend foreign fire insurance tax moneys to provide death benefits to family members of … program, funded by a portion of the foreign fire insurance tax moneys it receives, to provide retirement and death … benevolent association has been created by special act of the State Legislature and is authorized to receive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-59Opinion 93-28
… ("CHIPs") moneys appropriated by the town board for the repair and improvement of highways may be expended only in … bridges and/or highway-railroad crossings where the service life of the project is at least ten years or for any … in part, that: The moneys levied and collected for the repair and improvement of highways, . . . the moneys received …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-28Opinion 94-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … LAW, §35.00: If a town board adopts separate resolutions to purchase land for a town hall with current year tax … Whether the construction of a new town hall is subject to permissive referendum …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-24DiNapoli: Former Treasurer Arrested in Village of Millport Theft
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Ms. Haverley took advantage of her position and abused the public's trust by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/09/dinapoli-former-treasurer-arrested-village-millport-theftState Comptroller DiNapoli Report Details LIRR Delays in 2017
… In 2017, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) had its worst on-time performance in 18 years, with an estimated 9.2 million riders … In 2017 the Long Island Rail Road LIRR had its worst ontime performance in 18 years with an estimated 92 million riders …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-report-details-lirr-delays-2017DiNapoli and Schneiderman Announce Arrest in $87K Contractor Theft
… /www.osc.state.ny.us/audits/allaudits/bseaudits/bse20140228.htm For a copy of the criminal complaint, visit: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-and-schneiderman-announce-arrest-87k-contractor-theftDiNapoli: Former Treasurer Sentenced in Oakfield Fire Department Theft
… treasurer Samantha Hilchey was ordered to pay $16,281 in restitution at her sentencing Monday in Oakfield Town Court. Hilchey created direct withdrawals … "Also disturbing is the unknown whereabouts of $4,340 in cash from a Mother's Day raffle. I thank Genesee County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/dinapoli-former-treasurer-sentenced-oakfield-fire-department-theftDiNapoli: Cohocton Town Clerk Pleads Guilty In $36,000 Theft
… guilty Steuben County Court Monday to stealing $36,000 in dog license and building permit fees after an audit and … public funds. Riley, 51, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the third degree, a Class D felony, before Judge Peter … to jail time, probation and payment of restitution in full. “For six years, Ms. Riley treated the public’s money …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/12/dinapoli-cohocton-town-clerk-pleads-guilty-36000-theftDiNapoli: 2015 Sales Tax Collections Drop in 30 Counties
… Annual local sales tax collections declined in 30 of the 57 counties outside of New York City last year, … across the state grew by 3.6 percent, or $552 million, in 2015 compared to 2014. But the increase was nearly … saw an increase of $487 million. “The unpredictability in sales tax collections continues to have financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-2015-sales-tax-collections-drop-30-countiesDiNapoli's Auditors Halt $24.2 Million in Suspicious Tax Refunds
… DiNapoli announced today his office stopped $24.2 million in questionable or fraudulent personal income tax refunds payments so far in 2018. "Tax cheats are continuously looking for new ways to … out 4.9 million state tax refunds totaling $4.8 billion in 2018. Another 140,000 refunds totaling $160.1 million are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/04/dinapolis-auditors-halt-242-million-suspicious-tax-refunds