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Opinion 89-50
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (drainage improvement on private … and Duties (drainage improvement on private property) TOWN LAW, §§64(11-a), 68; STATE CONSTITUTION, Art. VIII, §1: A … necessary to alleviate the drainage problem. Town Law, §64(11-a) authorizes a town board, by resolution, to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-50State Agencies Bulletin No. 2066
… processing of the April 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 Retroactive changes to Command Pay and provide instructions for payments not processed automatically. Affected Employees … for all earnings reported in a single entry based on the salary in effect on the Earnings End Date. For employees who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2066-april-2019-2020-2021-and-2022-retroactive-changes-command-pay-eligibleDiNapoli Audit Finds Food Inspection Failures at NYC Homeless Shelters
… York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "When you get a hot meal at a homeless shelter, it should not come with a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/10/dinapoli-audit-finds-food-inspection-failures-nyc-homeless-sheltersState Agencies Bulletin No. 845
… independent contractor. Simultaneously with the issuance of this Bulletin, the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) is issuing Procurement and … and to restate existing procedures for the processing of payments for services rendered to the State by individuals …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/845-agency-compliance-internal-revenue-service-irs-policy-regarding-workerOpinion 2000-12
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST … from voting on salaries of relatives) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§801, 806: There is no provision in article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§800 et seq.) that prohibits a town board member from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 93-30
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … and Duties (liability for the cost of transportation to county jail) COUNTY SHERIFF -- Powers and Duties … LAW, §500-c; COUNTY LAW, §657-a: If, after an individual is arraigned by the village justice court and committed by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-30Opinion 93-29
… paid circulation ... and has been entered at United States post-office as second-class matter. A publication which is … published or having its principal office outside of a city having a population of over [350,000] inhabitants, as a … (Opn No. 84-58, supra ; Opn No. 82-173, supra ; see also NY Const, article I, §11). There is, however, no statutory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-29Opinion 2000-9
… AGENCIES -- Officers and Employees (compensation for executive director); (performance evaluation program) … program) WORDS AND PHRASES -- Compensation (as including salary and certain other payments) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW … rendered and fully compensated, such as a bonus or a retroactive pay increase, generally constitutes a mere …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-9Opinion 2000-21
… or towns and village or villages a joint fire district for the purposes hereinafter stated and in the manner … town or towns. This language suggests that, in order for a village to be included within a joint fire district, … 4 of Town Law §189-a, which establishes a procedure for extension of a joint fire district by "each town and … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-21Opinion 2002-13
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … expenses for the department's annual fund-raising drive, it is our opinion that reasonable expenditures may be made … or a portion of the tax to the fire department of which it is part (see Insurance Law §§9104[f][1], 9105[d][3][A]). … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13Opinion 2002-14
… if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … appropriateness of settlement) STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1; VILLAGE LAW §§1-102(5), 4-400(1)(l), … monies to the property owners under these circumstances. Article VIII, §1 of the State Constitution prohibits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-14Opinion 2001-1
… LAW §90; 29 USC §201 et seq .; NY CONST, ART. VIII, §1: A village board may authorize overtime payments at … governments ( Garcia v San Antonio MTA , 469 US 528, 105 S Ct 1005, 83 L Ed2d 1016), New York State law applies in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-1Opinion 2007-4
… to supersede in village); (authority to establish fund for annual payments under ambulance services agreement) REAL PROPERTY -- Sale (use of proceeds to establish fund for annual payments under ambulance services agreement) … course of several fiscal years to finance appropriations for the consideration due under annual ambulance services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-4Opinion 2007-5
… COUNTIES -- Fund Transfers (referendum requirements for transfer from capital reserve fund) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW § 6-c: With limited exceptions, a resolution of the governing board of a county for the … Ops St Comp No. 80-551), those are the only circumstances when a resolution by a county for the issuance of obligations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-5Opinion 90-34
… aid squad within a village fire department is not entitled to receive foreign fire insurance tax moneys unless … aid squad within a village fire department is entitled to receive foreign fire insurance tax moneys. The … law", foreign fire insurance tax moneys must be paid to the treasurer or other fiscal officer of the fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-34Opinion 89-62
… the secretary of the fire district at least ten days prior to the date of such fire district elections and in addition may … in addition provide proper blank spaces for each office to be filled at such election. If any such resolution shall …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62DiNapoli: Former Assemblyman William Scarborough Sentenced On Fraud and Theft Convictions
… per diem), which varied from $49 to $61 per day; and reimbursement for mileage incurred for travel between his …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/dinapoli-former-assemblyman-william-scarborough-sentenced-fraud-and-theft-convictionsOpinion 92-42
… municipalities from making gifts or loans of their money or property to or in aid of private entities. Further, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-42Opinion 97-1
… views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those … in a workers' compensation plan of the county in which it is located, unless excluded by the county's rules and … coterminous with a tax district within the county, it is eligible to participate in the workers' compensation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-1Opinion 95-5
… such unencumbered cash surplus exceeds an amount equal to five percent of that necessary for the payment of system …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-5