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DiNapoli: Unsafe Conditions, Questionable Spending Found at Affordable NYC Housing Complexes
… spending at three affordable housing complexes show a need for greater oversight of the Mitchell-Lama program by the New … provides affordable rental and cooperative housing to middle-income families across the state. HPD oversees 93 … $459,744 at Arverne/Nordeck, and $43,104 at York Hill. Reasons given for the extended vacancy periods included HPD’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-unsafe-conditions-questionable-spending-found-affordable-nyc-housing-complexesDiNapoli: Tax Cap Below Two Percent
… that allows municipalities to override it. The cap is just one of many fiscal pressures facing local governments during …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-tax-cap-below-two-percentDiNapoli: More State Involvement Needed to Address Local Emergency Medical Services Challenges
… New York state are providing emergency medical services (EMS), amid a drop in EMS workers and inadequate funding, but more state action is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-more-state-involvement-needed-address-local-emergency-medical-services-challengesOpinion 92-32
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY -- Purchase (of historically significant … to the town on an installment basis, secured by a purchase-money mortgage. You inquire about the propriety of the use of … for town purposes and also authorizes the sale of town real property pursuant to board resolution, subject to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-32Pine Bush Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-21)
… to confirm they were inventoried. We found 7 percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. Specifically: Four Chromebooks, with a total cost of approximately $1,300, of the initial 40 IT assets could not be physically located …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/pine-bush-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-21Oversight of Security Expenses in Single Adult and Adult Family Homeless Shelters
… is adequately monitoring the security expenses at single adult and adult family homeless shelters and whether security … expenses to ensure they are appropriate and in compliance with contract requirements. DHS relies on various internal … provided by DHS. During this audit, DHS officials advised us that they were in the midst of a large-scale …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/05/07/oversight-security-expenses-single-adult-and-adult-family-homeless-sheltersOpinion 94-6
… that status as tenant member of housing authority is not deemed incompatible with, or a forfeiture of tenancy). … directly or indirectly in a contract to which the city is a party ...". The court defined an "interest" as follows: … District No. 6, 126 Misc 622, 214 NYS 264). Therefore, it is our opinion that the tenant member is prohibited by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-6Opinion 92-41
… Traction Co. , 214 NY 526; Gordon v McGovern , 284 AD 25, 130 NYS2d 128, affd 308 NY 989). It is also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-41New Yorkers in Need: A Look at Poverty Trends in New York State for the Last Decade
… York counties varied significantly, ranging from a low of 5.7 to a high of 24.4 percent. Although there are differences … average, with the difference growing over time to reach 1.1 percentage points in 2021, when the rate was 13.9 percent … that border New York. In 2021, rates were at least 3.5 percentage points higher in New York than in New Jersey, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-yorkers-need-look-poverty-trends-new-york-state-last-decadeDiNapoli: New York State Pension Fund Expands List of Corporations That Disclose Political Spending
… is with J.M. Smucker Co., which has adopted the Fund’s request that it publicly report all direct and indirect … their money is being spent. I applaud J. M. Smucker Co. for agreeing to voluntarily disclose its political spending. … a significant shareholder vote in support of the Fund’s proposal: 2016 J.M. Smucker Co. Centerpoint Energy Coca Cola …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/dinapoli-new-york-state-pension-fund-expands-list-corporations-disclose-political-spendingDiNapoli Releases Analysis of Executive Budget
… With a budget deadline soon approaching, more than a third of the Executive’s proposed nearly $7 billion gap-closing … statutory changes that could distort the reporting of revenue and spending in the state’s financial statements … needs to identify long-term solutions for the millions of New Yorkers that rely on Medicaid and the taxpayers who …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/02/dinapoli-releases-analysis-executive-budgetOpinion 88-10
… TAX LAW, §300 et seq .; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §103: A petroleum business awarded a municipal contract for fuel oil may not add on the amount … to the contract and not by this Office. March 1, 1988 Charles E. Drake, Esq., County Attorney County of Hamilton … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-10State Agencies Bulletin No. 1772
… The employee must be notified that the withdrawn consent does not apply to previously issued Form W-2 statement(s). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1772-new-york-state-payroll-online-nyspo-electronic-delivery-2019-form-w-2State Police Bulletin No. SP-249
… using an overpayment earnings code or an AC-230. In this case, the negative retroactive adjustment may be re-generated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-249-2024-retroactive-increase-hazardous-duty-pay-eligible-employees-stateDiNapoli Op-Ed in Newsday Urges Public Campaign Financing Commission to Keep Fusion Voting and Open Up Political Process
… has held hearings around the state to collect ideas on what changes might work. Some of the ideas are smart, some … not be regulated to the sidelines by commission fiat. What the threshold should be for third parties to have ballot … a fair question for the State Legislature to consider. So what are the reforms that would really make an impact? Start …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/dinapoli-op-ed-newsday-urges-public-campaign-financing-commission-keep-fusion-voting-and-openCorrupt Orange County IDA Officials Ordered to Repay Over $1 Million
… investigation revealed that former IDA Managing Director Vincent Cozzolino entered into a series of contracts … by filing a complaint online at investigations@osc.ny.gov , or by mailing a complaint to: Office of the State … of Investigations, 8th Floor, 110 State St., Albany, NY 12236. … New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/corrupt-orange-county-ida-officials-ordered-repay-over-1-millionDiNapoli: Some Affordable Apartments for Seniors Left Vacant for Years
… in the Bronx were not processed through the HPD/HDC online system, but are handled by the New York City Housing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-some-affordable-apartments-seniors-left-vacant-yearsOpinion 94-20
… Bonds (use of for "extraordinary expenses" for snow and ice removal) VILLAGE LAW, §§5-518, 6-622, 22-2200; MUNICIPAL … bonds to pay for "extraordinary expenses" for snow and ice removal incurred in its 1993-4 fiscal year. You ask … all or part of any "extraordinary expenses" for snow and ice removal incurred in its 1993-4 fiscal year, or to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-20Opinion 89-26
… complete and file annual financial disclosure statements. You ask whether fire district officers are required to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-26Opinion 89-62
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Elections (signing multiple nominating … of Selection (signing multiple nominating petitions for fire district office) ELECTION LAW, §6-138; TOWN LAW, §176(7): A …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-62