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Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Guilty Plea by Former Met Council CFO in $9M Kickback Scheme
… Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the guilty plea of Herbert Friedman, former chief financial officer of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (Met Council). … Larceny and Conspiracy charges for facilitating the theft of $9 million from the taxpayer-funded nonprofit organization …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-guilty-plea-former-met-council-cfo-9m-kickbackWall Street Bonuses Rose In 2012
… the securities industry is still a very important part of the New York City and New York State economies." The … reports that profits for the broker/dealer operations of New York Stock Exchange member firms, the traditional measure of profitability for the securities industry, totaled $23.9 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/02/wall-street-bonuses-rose-2012New Windsor Couple Charged With Stealing Over $2 Million From New York By Submitting False Medicaid Provider Claims
… submitted by the defendants’ companies were compared to records from the Medicaid medical service providers named in … Chief Assistant District Attorney Christopher P. Borek. A criminal charge is merely an allegation that a defendant has … Fraud Hotline at 1-888-672-4555, by filing a complaint online at [email protected] , or by mailing a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/new-windsor-couple-charged-stealing-over-2-million-new-york-submitting-false-medicaid-provider-claimsOpinion 89-42
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in book-entry form, which are registered in the name of the village, under the "Treasury Direct" program. This is … Concerning the propriety of investing village funds in short term United States …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-42Maternal Health
… morbidity cases are on the rise, increasing from 146.8 per 10,000 discharges in 2008 to 179.8 per 10,000 discharges in 2021—a 22% increase. To address these … Racial Outcomes (Taskforce) in April 2018, which produced 10 recommendations to reduce maternal mortality rates and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/07/30/maternal-healthDiNapoli: MTA Avoided A Fiscal Crisis, Now It Has To Convince Riders To Come Back
… . With this improved financial picture, the burden is now on the MTA to improve the region’s transit system and win … getting revenue from congestion pricing in 2021, which is now slated to start in mid-2024. Any additional delay could …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/dinapoli-mta-avoided-fiscal-crisis-now-it-has-convince-riders-come-backState Agencies Bulletin No. 1811
… instructions to update the records of employees currently in such positions. Affected Employees Employees in positions that have been downward reallocated are … or bonuses and percentage on promotion increases (in general, all future salary calculations) will continue to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1811-new-procedure-maintaining-job-data-information-employees-reallocatedCUNY Bulletin No. CU-342
… by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) are eligible for annual Increments. Existing increment codes were not … the PSC salary schedule. OSC Actions OSC, in conjunction with CUNY Office of Human Resources Management/Human … employees already at the 7 year step where the Max year is not easily identified. Refer to “Agency Actions” below for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-342-new-increment-codes-psc-titlesOpinion 90-15
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Department (establishment of position of deputy town … Whether a town board of a town which has established a police department and has appointed the town supervisor as … commissioner pursuant to Town Law 150 may appoint a deputy police commissioner to act in the absence or inability of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-15Opinion 2006-5
… the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (mid-term decrease for elected town officers) -- Referendum Requirements … salary of an elective officer during his term of office is subject to a mandatory referendum, we concluded that … as follows: Reduction of the salary of an elected Town official during his term of office cannot be accomplished by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-5Opinion 92-36
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (imposition of surcharge to finance E911 system); (implementation of E911 … Whether article 6 of County Law 300 et seq authorizes a county to institute an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-36Opinion 95-23
… claim as required by section 119 of the Town Law (34 Opns St Comp, 1978, p 168; 1971 Opns St Comp No. 71-659, unreported). The town board's or the town … [2]; see People v Barnes , 114 NY 317; see also 1971 Opns St Comp No. 71-659, unreported; 26 Opns St Comp, 1970, p …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-23Opinion 92-12
… v Hudson Valley District Council of Carpenters Benefit Funds , 114 AD2d 701, 494 NYS2d 667; see also General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-12DiNapoli: Thruway Authority Toll Increases Should Be Last Option
… Authority (Thruway) has proposed a multi-year schedule of systemwide toll increases to begin in 2024, but a new … non-toll revenues. DiNapoli’s office reviewed a decade of the Thruway’s finances and the toll hike proposal and … Thruway Authority’s toll increase proposal comes at a time of extraordinary challenges for New Yorkers who are faced …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/02/dinapoli-thruway-authority-toll-increases-should-be-last-optionXII.10.C Verifying Vendor Licenses, Certifications, Registrations, Insurance, and Qualifications – XII. Expenditures
… Athlete Agents Private Investigator Bail Enforcement Agent Real Estate Appraiser Barber Real Estate Broker Bedding … Financial Services websites allow you to verify insurance agent and broker licenses. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii10c-verifying-vendor-licenses-certifications-registrations-insurance-and-qualificationsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1445
… Purpose To provide Agencies with general guidance on the services and … inquiries/requests must be submitted in writing to the Tax and Compliance mailbox. Requests sent to individual OSC employee email addresses may fail to be … To provide Agencies with general guidance on the services and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1445-general-tax-tipsOpinion 2005-9
… school district (see Decision No. 13,534, 35 Ed Dept Rep 257). 3 Although the term of office of the individual in … District , 136 NYS2d 598; Decision No. 13,534, 35 Ed Dept Rep 257; Education Law §§1906, 1914, 1917, 1917-a[2]). 3 … central high school board (Decision No. 13,534, 35 Ed Dept Rep 257, supra ). The Commissioner further decided, however, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-9Opinion 88-68
… approval) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(2), 809: It is not clear whether an application for subdivision approval … General Municipal Law, §800(2), and, even if it does, it is not clear whether Article 18 would apply to a planning board member whose interest as a neighbor is adverse to the applicant. Similarly, the disclosure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-68DiNapoli Report Examines Troubling Child Poverty Trends
… across the state, including a child poverty rate that is one of the worst in the nation and alarmingly high in some … poverty, meaning they are in a household with income that is 50% below the federal poverty line. An individual or household is considered to be in poverty when they do not have the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-report-examines-troubling-child-poverty-trendsOpinion 88-28
… such publication or advertisement, and which contains news, articles of opinion (as editorials), features, … at least weekly for at least one year; (3) contain news, editorials and other matters of "current interest"; (4) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-28