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Opinion 89-49
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Court Fees (in proceeding for appointment of administrator c.t.a. or d.b.n., or successor … fee is properly charged pursuant to SCPA, §2402(7), based on the value of the subject matter of the proceeding. Since, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-49Opinion 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 … threshold in Town Law 209q 13 a which triggers the need to obtain the State Comptrollers approval for a town water …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-2-0Opinion 88-79
… and Urban Development for 5 years following issuance of a Certificate of Project Completion. The village anticipates …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-79Opinion 97-2
… rate for that person. Instead, any reduction in the cost to the plan of insuring former board members who become … families pursuant to General Municipal Law, §92-a. The power to purchase insurance for health care benefits pursuant … a public corporation to pay all or a portion of the cost of health benefit plans for its officers, employees and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-2Carthage-West Carthage Water Pollution Control Facility – Cash Disbursements (2015M-35)
… internal controls over the Facility’s financial operations for the period June 1, 2013 through August 31, 2014. … overseen by a seven-member Board. Budgeted appropriations for the 2014-15 fiscal year total approximately $1.3 million. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/joint-activity/2015/05/08/carthage-west-carthage-water-pollution-control-facility-cash-disbursementsOpinion 2008-6
… rate divisor and, therefore, hourly rate divisor used to make that calculation are changed, the police commissioner is entitled to a corresponding benefit. The daily rate divisor and, consequently, hourly rate divisor used to calculate the cash value upon retirement of accumulated, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-6Opinion 93-17
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … The issuance of bonds by a non-city school district is subject to a mandatory referendum when the bonds would be issued to finance the pre-payment of … Whether the issuance of bonds by a noncity school district is subject …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-17Opinion 96-9
… including both salary and fringe benefits (see, e.g., Taylor v McGuire , 100 Misc 2d 834, 420 NYS2d 248; Christian … that a lump-sum payment, incorporated into a stipulation settlement resolving a labor dispute, was salary for purposes … police officers. The court reviewed the stipulation settlement to ascertain the intent of the parties, noting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-9Opinion 98-23
… of maximum speed limits in villages) VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- Villages (designation of twenty-five m.p.h. zones) VILLAGE AND TRAFFIC LAW, §§1600, 1643; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, … A village may not, pursuant to Vehicle and Traffic Law, §1643 or by local law, impose a village-wide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-23Opinion 88-20
… -- Courts (authority to relocate family court) -- County Seat (effect of relocation of family court) COUNTY LAW, §216; … not have the effect of moving the location of the county seat. You ask whether a family court may be moved from its present location in the county seat to another location in the county without also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-20DiNapoli: NYC Transit Must Ensure Cameras and Security Equipment Are Maintained and in Working Order
… Authority’s New York City Transit (Transit) needs to do a better job of maintaining its security and safety … 30 projects were delayed because no one was available to do the work from Transit’s pool of Small Business Mentoring … Authoritys New York City Transit Transit needs to do a better job of maintaining its security and safety …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/08/dinapoli-nyc-transit-must-ensure-cameras-and-security-equipment-are-maintained-and-working-orderOpinion 94-18
… for the members of a village volunteer fire department to form a not-for-profit corporation constituting the … for the members of a village volunteer fire department to form a notforprofit corporation constituting the incorporated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-18Opinion 90-64
… the opinion. PARK DISTRICTS -- Increase or Improvement of Facilities (referendum not required) IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Increase or Improvement of Facilities (referendum not required) -- Procedural … LAW, §35.00: The determination to increase or improve facilities of a town park district is not subject to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-64Opinion 92-50
… , whether a county could adopt a local law which provides for an award of a contract after competitive bidding to a … we concluded that a post-1953 local law which provides for an award to a bidder employing a prescribed percentage of … Municipal Law, §104-a, authorizing a price preference for certain products made with significant recycled content; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-50Opinion 92-11
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INSURANCE -- Self-Insurance (transfer from insurance reserve to reserve for property loss and liability … Whether a union free school district which maintains an insurance reserve pursuant to General Municipal Law 6n may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-11Opinion 91-54
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … tax on rents paid by tenants of properties located within the village or an occupancy tax on renters of real property within the village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-54Opinion 94-8
… §177-b; PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §9: In order to qualify for appointment as deputy treasurer of a fire district, an … treasurer. You ask what are the qualifications for appointment to the office of fire district deputy treasurer. … the thirty-first day of December following his or her appointment. During the absence or inability to act of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-8Opinion 93-31
… district in commuting from their residences to the place where meetings of the board are normally conducted may … of a local official incurred in commuting to and from the place where his or her official duties are normally performed … board in commuting from his or her residence to the place where meetings of the board are normally conducted may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-31South Mountain Hickory Common School District – Cash Disbursements (2016M-109)
… South Mountain Hickory Common School District is located in the Town of Binghamton in Broome County. There are no schools in operation within the District. The District has 33 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/17/south-mountain-hickory-common-school-district-cash-disbursements-2016mState Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on Antisemitism and New York's Response
… campuses, on city streets, and online have no place in our society. Antisemitism, Islamophobia and hate directed at any community must be denounced in all their forms. We cannot and will not tolerate intimidation in any community or at any institution. "I fully support …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-antisemitism-and-new-yorks-response