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Opinion 90-23
… in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Debt Limit (exclusion from - cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse) STATE … The cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse may exclude from their constitutional debt limitations indebtedness … 8 6 of the State Constitution which provides an exclusion from the debt limitation imposed upon the cities of Buffalo …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-23Opinion 90-52
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … -- Powers and Duties (publication of minutes of town board meeting); (publication of State Comptroller's report of … §106; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §35: Although the town clerk is required to record in the minutes of a town board meeting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-52Opinion 2006-3
… [Inf Opns] 11, supra ). 3 The inquiry refers to the town “highway fund” as a potential repository of the franchise fees. Highway Law §141 provides that the town highway superintendent’s annual budget estimate of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-3Opinion 89-56
… billed but not provided) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a), (d)(3); TOWN LAW, §27; CIVIL SERVICE LAW, §200, et … a gift of town funds in violation of Article VIII, §1 of the State Constitution. Town Law, §27(1) provides that salaries of town officers and employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-56Opinion 89-29
… by this Office as authorizing property acquisition only where it is necessary for a municipal purpose (1982 Opns …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-29Opinion 92-29
… 84-20, p 26). By its literal terms, section 207-m requires only that the salary of the permanent full-time department … section 207-m quoted above and the legislative intent that only the permanent full-time head of the police department is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-29Opinion 96-23
… has been interpreted by the Attorney General as applying only "to the county served by the county clerk in which the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-23Opinion 93-25
… under the mistaken belief the right-of-way was a village street may not continue to provide such lighting unless the … the opinion that the word "street" as used in this context is intended to relate to public streets (1975 Opns St Comp … public street was found to have been created by public use where the road in question was used freely by the public for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-25Opinion 95-11
… of General Municipal Law, §207-m to salary of temporary or provisional head of police department) POLICE … AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement of temporary or provisional head of police department to salary … may be given a distinct meaning. The terms "permanent", "temporary" and "provisional" are not defined for purposes of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-11DiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for July 2014
… ensures that costs are reasonable, the playing field is level and taxpayers get the best value for their money. … 50,000 state contracts, visit http://www.openbooknewyork.com/ . The easy-to-use website was created by Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-july-2014Opinion 91-31
… rabies treatment is a local health district charge only if the State Health Commissioner has certified, pursuant …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-31Audit Finds Construction Delays in Public Housing Program Across New York State
… funding recipients use change orders appropriately, cover only work within the project’s scope; and Ensure that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/audit-finds-construction-delays-public-housing-program-across-new-york-stateDiNapoli: Percentage of New Yorkers With Mental Illness Rose as Available Psychiatric Beds Declined
… to reopen them by April 1, 2023. As of April 17, 2023, only 222 out of 843 off-line beds had returned to operational …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-percentage-new-yorkers-mental-illness-rose-available-psychiatric-beds-declinedXI.17 Protest Procedures – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… the Office of the State Comptroller's (OSC) Contract Award Protest Procedure ("Protest Procedure"), found at Part 24 of Title 2 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations , to be … that the State Comptroller should not approve a contract award by a public contracting entity 2 . The objective of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi17-protest-proceduresState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… for overlapping services. The follow-up found DYCD made only limited progress in addressing the issues identified in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0DiNapoli: NYC Finances Gain Stronger Footing
… new challenges when the federal relief expires. By FY 2025, the city would incur more than $1 billion in recurring … is not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels before 2025, and businesses are expected to have some form of remote … years, it has yet to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the municipal unions to generate recurring …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/dinapoli-nyc-finances-gain-stronger-footingDiNapoli: NYC Transportation and Warehousing Sector Fares Better Than Other Sectors in Recovery Amid Shift to E-Commerce
… in 2021 as it is home to La Guardia and John F. Kennedy (JFK) airports. These serve as instrumental gateways into the … number of boarded planes dropped more than 73% in 2020 at JFK and LaGuardia on a combined basis. In 2019, JFK served … men without a college degree. Most earn less than $60,000. The sector also has the highest share of foreign-born …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/06/dinapoli-nyc-transportation-and-warehousing-sector-fares-better-other-sectors-recovery-amid-shift-eDiNapoli Calls for NYC to Bolster Reserves as Economy Rebounds Amid Rising Spending
… Stronger-than-projected year-end budgetary results, fueled by extraordinary one-time federal relief, will mostly be used to fund new spending, with a smaller portion set … Strongerthanprojected yearend budgetary results fueled by extraordinary onetime federal relief will mostly be used …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/08/dinapoli-calls-nyc-bolster-reserves-economy-rebounds-amid-rising-spendingDiNapoli: The Mayor's Proposed Budget Takes Large Steps In Addressing Outstanding Labor Contracts
… reaching labor agreements with the other municipal unions, obtaining anticipated health insurance savings and … these terms will set the wage pattern for all municipal unions. However, the union representing the city’s police … the Municipal Labor Committee, which represents the city’s unions. The city has agreed to report regularly on its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/06/dinapoli-mayors-proposed-budget-takes-large-steps-addressing-outstanding-labor-contractsState Contract and Payment Actions in January
… of General Services $15.5 million with Matco Electric Corporation to provide an audio monitoring system and … of Transportation $32.8 million with Piedmont 60 Broad Street LLC for the lease of 25 Beaver Street in New York … for assistance with the Health Benefit Exchange, including insurance enrollment and call center operations. $2.7 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/02/state-contract-and-payment-actions-january