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DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… and resulted in fund balances that were not reduced at the levels represented to taxpayers in the adopted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli and Ulster County Executive Metzger Announce Findings of Gulnick Investigation
… for the collection of parking fees at the county parking lot to maximize revenue and safeguard cash; and Ensure … points of cash collection and reporting, including parking lot and real property installment payments. In response , … of cash collection and reporting with regard to parking lot fees and real property installment payments. Since taking …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/11/state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-ulster-county-executive-metzger-announce-findings-gulnickState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Union Vale , Town of Waterloo and the City of Watertown . "In today's fiscal climate, budget transparency and … villages are legally authorized to pay certain claims in advance of audit, 10 of 18 claims totaling $163,725 were … town billed the department for certain debt service costs in a manner that appears to be inconsistent with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 95-15
… discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Taxes (authority of school district to charge public library with proportionate … AND ASSESSMENTS -- Refunds and Chargebacks (authority of school district to charge public library with proportionate … REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §§556(6)(a), 726(1)(c), 734(1): A school district making a real property tax refund …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-15DiNapoli: New York’s Workforce Development Programs Lack Governance and Coordination
… they are taking to address the recommendations. Their full response is included in the audit. Audit Overlap, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-new-yorks-workforce-development-programs-lack-governance-and-coordinationOpinion 90-38
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. STREETS AND HIGHWAYS … town highway superintendent is required to remove snow and ice from, and maintain the highway if, after the highway has … authorizes a town to temporarily discontinue snow and ice removal and maintenance from December 1 until April 1 on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-38Vendor Responsibility Documentation
… with an estimated amount of $100,000 or greater ✔ ✔ 3. Real estate (purchase, sale or lease) except for an eminent domain … Welfare Research Health Research Youth Research Inc. School districts and charter schools T-contract US government …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-vendors/vendrep/vendor-responsibility-documentationCUNY Bulletin No. CU-761
… since 09/08/2022, and to provide agencies instructions for the use of Reason Code ACV to identify employees who … 70XX4 Background: In an effort to clean up payroll data for CUNY agencies, records of employees who have not received … following Control-D report will be available 03/28/2023 for agency review before the automatic system terminations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-761-automatic-system-termination-cuny-employees-not-paid-priorOpinion 94-16
… are inconsistent with public policy, or suggest self- interest, partiality or economic impropriety (see, e.g. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-16Opinion 2005-1
… to your inquiry concerning the provision of emergency medical service in a town. You indicate that the town … not-for profit organization for the provision of emergency medical service to town residents. Pursuant to the contract, … users for this service. You ask: (1) whether the emergency medical services provider (the “provider”) may retain as its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-1Opinion 89-39
… issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- Insurance Transactions (town board member as employee of insurance agency) -- Exceptions (remuneration and duties … town board member who is also an employee of the insurance agency with which the town contracts for insurance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-39Opinion 90-28
… board member performing private engineering services for subdivisions) ZONING AND PLANNING -- Planning Boards … of board member providing private engineering services for subdivisions) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §805-a(1)(c): A … from receiving or agreeing to receive compensation for engineering services performed in connection with any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-28Opinion 2000-1
… the issues discussed in the opinion. CLAIMS -- Payment (of police officers' legal fees as moral obligation) LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (authority to pay police officers' legal fees) -- Municipal Funds (authority to pay police officers' legal fees) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-1Small Estates Affidavit (S.C.P.A. Section 1310)
If the account owner is deceased and there was no estate representative appointed by the courts, the surviving spouse or child of the deceased or the unreimburs
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/unclaimed-funds/claimants/pdf/small-estates-affidavit.pdfYour Membership Tier – State Police Plan
… join PFRS, you are assigned a tier depending on your date of membership. You are in: If you joined: Tier 1 Before July … Tier 6 April 1, 2012, or after *PFRS members covered by the State Police retirement plan, who joined from July 1, … are covered by Article 14 benefits and should refer to the publication describing those benefits on our website. As …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/your-membership-tierOpinion 90-21
… one from the town clerk concerning the proper procedures for the preparation of claims for audit and for retention of audited claims in a town of the second class … claims may be prepared and presented to the town board for audit by the secretary to the supervisor and may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-21Opinion 92-46
… exceed $10,000 over the course of a fiscal year (1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-64, p 169; 1990 Opns St Comp No. 90-35, p 80; 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-4, p 6; 23 Opns St Comp, 1967, p 866; 11 Opns …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-46Opinion 94-28
… undertaken for existing or proposed district or extension) SEWER DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (duty to reimburse … wastewater treatment. Presently, there exists only one sewer district within the county. The study was undertaken … charged against the county's general fund or against the sewer district. With respect to planning for future capital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-28Opinion 94-24
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Referendum Requirements … years) REAL PROPERTY -- Purchase (procedure for financing in towns); (need for referendum) REFERENDUM -- Permissive … is to be paid for by taxes levied for the fiscal year in which the expenditure is to be made. No permissive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-24Opinion 2009-2
… LAW § 209-q (13) (a): When a town proposes or is required to issue indebtedness to finance a water improvement, the town must obtain the … total estimated cost of the improvement, including amounts to be financed both by the issuance of obligations and from … Whether the threshold in town law which triggers the need to obtain the State Comptrollers approval for town water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-2