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Opinion 92-43
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Policies and Procedures (inclusion of purchases by town highway superintendent); (supersession … to that statute that all purchases or leases in excess of $50000 by the highway superintendent be approved by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-43State Health Department Unnecessarily Paid over $1 Billion for Patients Covered by Private Insurance
… such improper premium payments; however, these efforts only target NYSOH-enrolled recipients. DOH has not put …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-health-department-unnecessarily-paid-over-1-billion-patients-covered-private-insuranceDiNapoli: Audit Finds False Elevator Inspections, Safety Hazards Overlooked
… Private elevator inspectors in New York City are missing hazardous violations and allowing unsafe conditions to go … Yorkers should have to worry about false inspections or hazardous conditions. Even in a limited group of inspections, … Private elevator inspectors in New York City are missing hazardous violations and allowing unsafe conditions to go …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-false-elevator-inspections-safety-hazards-overlookedCredit for Military or Additional Service – State Police Plan
… to note that under most 20- and 25-year retirement plans, only service in certain job titles is creditable toward the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/credit-military-or-additional-serviceCredit for Military or Additional Service – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans
… to note that under most 20- and 25-year retirement plans, only service in certain job titles is creditable toward the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/credit-military-or-additional-serviceFar Rockaway Pre-School Executive Director Sentenced to Jail Time for Theft of Education Funds Intended for Special Needs Students
… Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard L. Buchter, who yesterday sentenced Kurmen to six months in jail and five …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/far-rockaway-pre-school-executive-director-sentenced-jail-time-theft-education-funds-intended-specialState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… BOCES and charter school finances and operations to ensure money is being spent appropriately and effectively. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsWall Street Profits for 2014 May Not Reach 2013 Level
… global crisis. It will take years to complete the process. Only a little more than half of the rules required by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/wall-street-profits-2014-may-not-reach-2013-levelState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… conditions at some housing units, and inadequate case management for support services. New York City Civilian … the other two. Office of General Services – Monitoring of Construction Management (Follow-Up) (2023-F-44) The Office of General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… audits have been issued. Empire State Development – New NY Broadband Program (Follow-Up) (2024-F-10) The New NY Broadband Program (Program)—launched in 2015 and managed by the Broadband Program Office (BPO), a division of Empire State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 90-31
… the committee must conduct business and pass resolutions only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… residents paid $2.4 million of the GLWD’s costs that only benefited taxpayers within the water district and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0Federal Spending by Major Funding Streams and Functions – Federal Funding and New York
… share of federal receipts – an estimated 87 percent in SFY 2026 – supports health and human services programs. Federal … assistance to New Yorkers include the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and meals for school children. … Fund Grants $155,520 $316,063 $430,461 Low Income Home Energy Assistance $381,233 $558,919 $411,980 IIJA Bridge …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/federal-spending-major-funding-streams-and-functionsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… Town officials did not properly procure, monitor or account for fuel. Specifically, the highway superintendent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 89-9
… of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory … deceased employee) SURROGATE'S COURT PROCEDURE ACT, §1310: A municipality may pay the unclaimed wages of a deceased …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-9Opinion 89-11
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent … Associations (use of tax moneys to rent meeting room) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105; Laws Of 1975, Chapter 543: The … to rent a room in which to meet, if the meetings are for the purpose of providing care and relief to disabled or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-11Opinion 92-46
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-46Opinion 97-22
… a dormitory. For purposes of this opinion, we will discuss only powers and duties of the college board of trustees and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-22Opinion 93-3
… Lynd v Heffernan , 286 AD 597, 146 NYS2d 113 mot for lv to app granted 1 NY2d 641, mot to withdraw app granted 1 NY2d 919, 154 NYS2d 976). The primary rationale … proposals or quotations will not be in the best interest of the political subdivision (General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3Opinion 2004-5
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … 564 NYS2d 717, appeal dismissed 80 NY2d 891, 587 NYS2d 901), we have concluded that it would be improper to use …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-5