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State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Statement on Passage of Final State Budget
… Trust Fund loan, and reduced personal income tax rates for lower- and middle-income families starting in 2026. Other … initiatives include expanding access to community college for adult learners and preserving access to child care. The … area. The budget includes significant state-funded increases in education, health and other spending, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/state-comptroller-thomas-p-dinapoli-statement-passage-final-state-budgetRepaying Your NYSLRS Loan after Retirement
… System (ERS) retirees who retired with an outstanding loan to repay that loan and increase their pension. Retirees … — Member page for information about taking a NYSLRS loan. How Much Do I Need to pay? If you retired with an outstanding … can contact us to request a payoff letter and a payment form to send back with your payment. You can pay by check or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/retirees/repaying-your-nyslrs-loan-after-retirementAbout Statement No. 68 – Governmental Accounting Standards Board
… Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions : Requires employers participating in state and … as NYSLRS, does not limit the employer’s responsibility for the cost of these future pension benefits. When NYSLRS’ … value of assets, employers have an accounting liability for the difference. Therefore, the employer’s share of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/gasb/about-statement-no-68Understanding Your GASB Report – Governmental Accounting Standards Board
… For additional terms and descriptions, refer to the … current allocation target to achieve that return, and (2) for the period of benefit payments not supported, will incorporate an index rate for 20-year-tax-exempt municipal bonds. The assumptions used …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/gasb/understanding-your-gasb-reportDiNapoli: Nearly 14% of New Yorkers Live in Poverty; Surpasses National Average for Eight Straight Years
… rate for all families and four times the rate of married couples. Nearly 23% were in poverty in 2021, down almost five … higher than the percentage for families and for married couples in 2021. Poverty rates were much higher for children … Chairman of the Disabilities Committee . “We must work together to ensure that all members of our community have the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/12/dinapoli-nearly-14-percent-of-new-yorkers-live-poverty-surpasses-national-average-eight-straight-yearsUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-327
… 2022, and April 2023 Senior Officer Series Differential Increases. Affected Employees : Eligible employees in the … Officer Series Differential $3,224 $3,289 $3,388 Automatic Retroactive Processing OSC will automatically calculate … 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/unified-court-system/ucs-327-april-2021-april-2022-and-april-2023-state-new-york-unifiedState Agencies Bulletin No. 1971.2
… of this bulletin is to provide step-by-step guidance for Direct Deposit entry and provide details of the Direct … paragraph (b) of subdivision (4), a state employee’s net salary to be deposited directly in a bank for any purpose to … which such employee has authorized such employee’s net salary be deposited, on forms provided by the Comptroller, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/19712-direct-deposit-guidance-and-audit-queryState Agencies Bulletin No. 1971.1
… of this bulletin is to provide step-by-step guidance for Direct Deposit entry and provide details of the Direct … paragraph (b) of subdivision (4), a state employee’s net salary to be deposited directly in a bank for any purpose to … which such employee has authorized such employee’s net salary be deposited, on forms provided by the Comptroller, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/19711-direct-deposit-guidance-and-audit-queryOpinion 89-50
… Art. VIII, §1: A town may expend moneys to pay for an improvement on private property to alleviate a … under the circumstances, the town may expend moneys to pay for the improvements necessary to alleviate the drainage … drains, culverts, ditches, sluices and other channels for the passage of water for the purpose of drainage and to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-50Conflicts of Interest of Municipal Officers and Employees
… you in a position of public trust. You are responsible for ensuring that public resources are used in the best … section. The seven most common exceptions are: Payments of salary or other lawful compensation and necessary expenses to … the governing body or board is elected and serves without salary; The purchases total less than $5,000 in any fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/conflicts-interest-municipal-officers-and-employeesUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-215
… not processed automatically. Affected Employees Employees in the following bargaining units who meet the eligibility … Unions representing eligible non-judicial employees in Bargaining Units SD and SK provide for a salary increase … Unions representing eligible non-judicial employees in Bargaining Units SA, SG and SN provide for a salary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-215-april-2015-state-new-york-unified-court-system-ucs-salaryOpinion 92-33
… PARK DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (expenditures for promotional services) LOCAL LAWS -- Pre-emption (special … Services (promotional and publicity services); (procedures for obtaining) -- Contracts Not Requiring Bidding (promotional and publicity services); (procedures for obtaining) TOWN LAW, §64(14)(a): A town board by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-33Opinion 89-1
… department employees which, among other things, provides for the employees to receive a certain number of sick, … or by necessary implication, or which are provided for in a collective bargaining agreement (see 1987 Opns St … governing board or mayor may also in like manner provide for cash payment of the monetary value of accumulated and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-1Availability, Access and Affordability: Understanding Broadband Challenges in New York State
… ago, home internet access was a cutting-edge innovation for many New York households. Today, reliable high-speed … with 36,250 new premises each year until May 2020; Speed increases to 100 Mbps statewide by 2018 and 300 Mbps by 2019; … regarding free and affordable internet and network speed increases. 34 After a series of rulings that levied …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/availability-access-and-affordability-understanding-broadband-challenges-new-york-stateMedicaid Program – Medicaid Overpayments for Medicare Advantage Plan Services
… of Health overpaid health care providers’ Medicaid claims for services also covered by Medicare Advantage plans. The … plans (Plans) also offer supplemental insurance benefits for services that are not covered by original Medicare (e.g., … dental services). Plans reimburse health care providers for services provided to enrollees. Generally, Medicaid is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/12/11/medicaid-program-medicaid-overpayments-medicare-advantage-plan-servicesMaintenance, Inspection, and Testing of the Event Recorder System
… Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), periodic maintenance for the railroad is considered effective if 90 percent of the recorders on locomotives inbound for periodic inspection (PI) in any calendar month are still … that the LIRR has a maintenance and inspection program for ERS; however, it was not always in compliance with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/11/07/maintenance-inspection-and-testing-event-recorder-systemState Agencies Bulletin No. 1642
… of Homeland Security and Emergency Services instructions for processing the 2017-2018 PEF OFPC Uniform Maintenance Allowance. Affected Employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1642-2017-2018-uniform-maintenance-allowance-employees-fire-protectionDiNapoli Releases School Audits
… audits of the Brighter Choice Charter Middle School for Boys , Brighter Choice Charter Middle School for Girls , Frewsburg Central School District , Holley … and effectively.” Brighter Choice Charter Middle School for Boys – Financial Operations (Albany County) School …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-releases-school-auditsControls Over Unclaimed Bottle Deposits
… initiators, and is collecting and depositing the required unclaimed bottle funds into the General Fund. The audit covers the period … registered with the Department to remit 80 percent of any unclaimed bottle deposits on a quarterly basis. Along with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/12/19/controls-over-unclaimed-bottle-depositsUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-180
… with respect to adequate levels of compensation and non-salary benefits for Judges and Justices of the state paid courts of the … recommended that all NYS Judges receive phased-in salary increases over the next three fiscal years beginning April 1, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-180-april-2012-salary-increase-judges-and-justices-unified-court