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Oversight of Student Immunization in Schools (2015-S-85)
To determine if the Department of Health (DOH) and the State Education Department (SED) are following the State’s public health procedures
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2016-15s85.pdfFinancing Education in New York’s “Big Five” Cities
Financing Education in New York’s “Big Five” Cities
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/financingeducation.pdfLocal Government Management Guide - Seeking Competition in Procurement
Local Government Management Guide - Seeking Competition in Procurement
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/seeking-competition-in-procurement.pdfEducation in New York: Regional Snapshots, Technical Appendix
Education in New York: Regional Snapshots, Technical Appendix
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/technicalappendix.pdfNavigating Retirement and Savings Plans in PayServ 9.2
Navigating Retirement and Savings Plans in PayServ 9.2
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/outreach/pdf/2021-bsps-navigating-retirement-and-savings-plans-in-payserv-9-2.pdfOpinion 93-21
… sale of) REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (need for to sell fire truck in fire district) -- Permissive (need for to sell fire truck in fire district) PERSONAL PROPERTY -- Disposition (procedures for sale of unneeded truck by fire district) TOWN LAW, §176(23): If a board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-21DiNapoli: State Department of AG and Markets Should Improve Pollinator Protection Program
… and Markets should step up efforts to ensure honey bee populations are protected, according to an audit released … do more to detect the diseases and parasites that destroy bee colonies. Agriculture is a key part of New York’s economy … to this audit.” Over the past three decades, the honey bee population in New York has declined drastically, in large …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/01/dinapoli-state-department-ag-and-markets-should-improve-pollinator-protection-programCalendar Year Municipalities That Have Not Filed in Time For a FSMS Score in All Three Years, 2012 through 2014
Calendar Year Municipalities That Have Not Filed in Time For a FSMS Score in All Three Years, 2012 through 2014
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/persistentnonfilingmunis.pdfOpinion 90-35
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … is applicable. We are in receipt of your letter asking what monetary threshold applies to the purchase of fuel oil … Concerning what monetary threshold applies to the purchase of fuel oil …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-35State Agencies Bulletin No. 235
… Purpose To revise the guidelines governing OSC's review and approval of retroactive … Additionally, OSC recognizes that the current guidelines governing retroactive salary transactions do not … such transactions. Accordingly, OSC has revised the guidelines to increase flexibility and improve processing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/235-retroactive-salary-transactions-executive-branch-agenciesOpinion 91-19
… it is not revocable in the absence of fraud (see, e.g., Saunders v Regeer , 50 Misc 2d 850, 271 NYS2d 788; 62 NY Jur …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 90-2
… which was established by the town within which the village is located and which is supported by town-wide taxes, for … which was established by the town within which the village is located and which is funded by town-wide taxes. Section … which was established by the town within which the village is located and which is funded by townwide taxes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-2Opinion 88-43
… account for General Municipal Law, §207-c salary payments) COUNTY SHERIFF -- Disability (reimbursement of sheriff's personnel account from county's workers' compensation self-insurance fund for … (see County Law, §§363-366). October 11, 1988 W. Warren McGreevy, Sheriff County of Rensselaer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-43Opinion 96-20
… 1970 by a resolution of the village board adopted pursuant to former Village Law, §188-a may be abolished pursuant to Village Law, §8-800 by local law subject to permissive referendum. Notification of the abolishment of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-20Opinion 93-16
… firefighter to take time off to respond to fire alarms does not alter the periods when, in fact, the volunteer is … a firefighter to take time off to respond to fire alarms does not affect the time during which the individual is … for the sole purpose of earning service award credit does not alter the periods when, in fact, the employee is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16Opinion 94-6
… corporation) PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES -- Officers and Employees (conflict of interest provisions applicable to) … distinguish between tenant members of a housing authority and other members (cf. Public Housing Law, §30[5], providing … applicable. We express no opinion, however, on either the import of any such provisions or whether they preempt State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-6Opinion 96-5
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Court Fees … Corporation (MVAIC) represents an appellant on behalf of MVAIC, the exemption from fees granted by … is in reply to your correspondence requesting an opinion on the applicability of the fee provision of CPLR, §8022(b), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-5Opinion 91-57
… in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Finances (comingling library moneys with those of municipal sponsor) -- Public Library (comingling library moneys with those of municipal sponsor) MUNICIPAL … Whether library fund moneys of the village public library may be comingled with moneys of the village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-57Opinion 94-26
… assessments in section 980-k is computed with reference to general town taxes within the district. You ask whether a … of the maximum amount of the district charge pursuant to General Municipal Law, §980-k is made by reference to the levy of town taxes or village taxes within the area of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-26Opinion 91-16
… to the Real Property Tax Law is based upon the actual line count, rather than upon agate measurement. If the notice … publishing such notice is entitled to the additional per line charge allowed by statute. You ask whether the charge … be calculated on the basis of agate measurement or actual line count. Real Property Tax Law (RPTL), §1014 provides that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-16