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Opinion 97-22
… Permissible Uses (financing by county of construction of community college dormitory) COMMUNITY COLLEGES -- Powers and … COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (financing the cost of community college dormitory) EDUCATION LAW, §§6304, 6306: The county governing board, and not the county community college board of trustees, may authorize the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-22Opinion 97-18
… Districts (sale of real property of a county sewer district) -- Real Property (sale of real property of county sewer district) IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Real Property (sale of real property of a county sewer district) -- Referendum - (on sale of real property of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-18Opinion 92-46
… The purchase of kitchen utensils, furniture, books and sports equipment to be used at a village youth center need … by a village of kitchen utensils, furniture, books and sports equipment to be used at a village youth center should … by a village of kitchen utensils furniture books and sports equipment to be used at a village youth center should …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-46Opinion 95-18
… cemetery in lieu of the yearly assessment provided for by Village Law, §15-1506. You ask whether a village, in … by villages. Section 15-1502 prescribes the procedure for the sale of burial lots but is silent with respect to the … fees. Further, while there is express authority for a village to impose upon lot owners a yearly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-18Opinion 91-44
… in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Compensation (health insurance) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (health insurance for fire commissioners) INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (authority to cover fire … commissioners of a fire district may be provided health insurance through the State health insurance plan at the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44Opinion 92-37
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … -- Extension (necessity to obtain approval of the State Comptroller) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS -- Dissolution (necessity to obtain approval of the State Comptroller) STATE COMPTROLLER -- Powers and Duties …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37Opinion 2003-1
… Opns St Comp No. 91-10, p 24), unless the petition, in the case of an article 12 district, or the notice of hearing, in the case of an article 12-A district, states that the costs of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-1Opinion 2004-5
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (annuities for volunteer firefighters) INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: Foreign fire insurance tax monies may not be expended to purchase … Whether foreign fire insurance tax monies may be expended to purchase annuities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-5Opinion 94-22
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT … -- Assessments (custody, control and expenditure of) -- District Management Association (contract for services with) … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§980-j, 980-l: Charges imposed on behalf of a town business improvement district are under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-22Opinion 94-20
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- … a special assessment to pay the cost of snow removal in excess of the amounts appropriated, but it may issue budget notes to finance such excess costs. In addition, a village has temporary authority to issue …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-20Opinion 94-2
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CITIES--Fees (exemption from parking meter … VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1200, 1600, 1604, 1640: In the absence of express statutory authority, a city may not … parking meter fees when parking their personal vehicles in the city's on-street parking meter zones. Currently, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-2Opinion 2006-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … -- Leave Time Generally (authority to provide leave of absence to elected official) TOWN BOARD -- Powers and … Whether a town supervisor may be granted a leave of absence by the town board pursuant to section 92 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-6Opinion 2005-2
Whether a volunteer fire department may expend foreign fire insurance tax monies to reimburse active members of the department for mileage expenses
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-2DiNapoli: New York State is Home to 4.4 Million Immigrants, Second Only to California
… Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse. The report found that the highest concentration of immigrants within New York state is … has been welcoming refugees through the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees for 35 years, 16,000 refugees to … contracts, visit www.openbooknewyork.com . The easy-to-use website was created by DiNapoli to promote openness in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-new-york-state-home-44-million-immigrants-second-only-californiaOpinion 94-30
… COUNTY CLERK -- Fees (amount of index fees remitted to State) FEES -- Court Fees (amount of index fees remitted to State) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §8018(a); JUDICIARY … County clerks outside of the City of New York are required to remit to the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance $160 of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-30Opinion 90-21
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CLAIMS -- Audit (procedure in town) LOCAL LAWS -- Transfer of Function (town clerk's function in connection with preparation and custody of claims) TOWN … by the secretary to the supervisor and may be retained in the supervisors office after audit and payment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-21Opinion 90-18
… §103: There is no exception to the competitive bidding requirements of this section based solely on the fact that … department of health is subject to the competitive bidding requirements of General Municipal Law, §§103, 103-a, 103-b … unless any of the exceptions to the competitive bidding requirements of section 103 applies, the purchase of medical …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-18Opinion 89-11
… powers of a not-for-profit corporation, which include the power to rent real property and all powers necessary to … and their families. Thus, although the Association has the power to rent a meeting room in furtherance of its general …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-11Area #10 – Firewalls and Intrusion Detection – Information Technology Governance
… is the process of monitoring the events occurring in a computer system or network and analyzing them for signs … review of network activity even with an automated IDS in place. When a security violation occurs, appropriate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-governance/area-10-firewalls-and-intrusion-detectionArea #3 – Computer Hardware, Software, and Data Inventories – Information Technology Governance
… should maintain detailed, up-to-date inventory records for all computer hardware, software and data. The information … requirements. Similarly, without proper identification of all computer hardware on a network, unauthorized devices and … vulnerabilities can be applied in a timely manner, if at all. In addition, insufficient records increase the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/it-governance/area-3-computer-hardware-software-and-data-inventories