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Opinion 2006-11
… CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Purchases and Sales (from store at which town board member is employed) -- Exceptions … has an interest in town purchases from an auto parts store solely because the board member is an employee of the store, the interest would not be prohibited if the board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-11Opinion 2005-6
… of services by private organization) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Youth Programs (authority of town to provide a program on the … arrangement under which the municipality receives fair and adequate consideration, even though there may be an … v Beame , 32 NY2d 126, 343 NYS2d 346; Schulz v Warren County , 179 AD2d 118, 581 NYS2d 885 lv den 80 NY2d 754, 587 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-6Opinion 2000-14
… … exactly the same as if payments were made in the form of wages …" (89 Misc 2d at 265, 390 NYS2d at 787). In … No. 2000-4, p 10, footnote 3). 4 September 27, 2000 Howard W. Smith, Superintendent of Schools Canton Central School …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-14Greater Amsterdam School District – Financial Condition (2016M-110)
… 1, 2012 through December 31, 2015. Background The Greater Amsterdam School District is located in the City of Amsterdam, the Town of Amsterdam and portions of the Towns of Florida and Mohawk in … Greater Amsterdam School District Financial Condition 2016M110 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/08/greater-amsterdam-school-district-financial-condition-2016m-110Opinion 97-1
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES -- Powers and Duties (participation in county workers' compensation self-insurance plan) WORKERS' … COMPENSATION -- County Self-Insurance Plan (participation in by village housing authority) WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-1Opinion 91-1
… on a cooperative basis through a single set of bid specifications, and a single advertisement for bids in the … the agreements could provide for: a single set of bid specifications; a single advertisement in one or more … contained in General Municipal Law, §119-o. February 11, 1991 E. Thomas Boyle, Esq., County Attorney County of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-1Opinion 88-27
… district that employed the injured fireman shall be liable for all medical treatment and hospital care furnished during … disabled fireman who is granted an accidental disability retirement allowance or a retirement for disability incurred in performance of duty allowance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-27Opinion 2001-2
… (point accumulation required in order to be credited with one year of firefighting service); (participation in department responses required in order to be credited with twenty-five points); (granting of points for one … precedent to crediting an active volunteer firefighter with a year of firefighting service; (2) A program sponsor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-2Opinion 2000-5
… the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Snow and Ice Removal and Road Repair Reserve Fund (transfer of moneys from the highway … (transfer of moneys from to a snow and ice removal and road repair reserve fund) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §6-f: HIGHWAY … removal may not be paid into a snow and ice removal and road repair reserve fund established pursuant to General …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-5State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Health and Mental Hygiene – Oversight of the Practice of Funeral Directing (2022-S-47) The Department of Health (DOH) is responsible for governing and regulating the business and … 2020; the actual EUI reduction reported was 14.4%, and when committed (incomplete) projects were added, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2026/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 89-51
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Contracts (additional … services of private contractors); (cost of VFBL insurance) FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS -- Fire Protection Contracts (additional payments for the … the town is authorized to make payments to the volunteer fire company in addition to the annual sum specified in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-51Opinion 97-14
… opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (furniture and trophy case) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: … tax moneys to make reasonable expenditures to purchase furniture for a recreation room and a trophy case for a … case in the department's meeting room, and to pay for furniture for the department's recreation room. Sections 9104 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-14Opinion 2000-4
… designed to provide an incentive to certain employees to stop their employment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-4Medicaid Program – Improper Payments for Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction Drugs, Procedures, and Supplies Provided to Medicaid Recipients, Including Sex Offenders
… (30 of whom were classified as a level-2 or a level-3 sex offender). Medicaid made questionable payments for ED drugs … (11 of whom were classified as a level-2 or a level-3 sex offender). We reviewed the medical records of 13 of the 14 … ED, if an MCO finds out the recipient is a registered sex offender, the MCO merely does not pay for the services. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/06/03/medicaid-program-improper-payments-sexual-and-erectile-dysfunction-drugs-procedures-andEligibility, the Benefit and Filing – Career Plan
Career Plan information for PFRS Tier 1 2 3 Article 11 5 and 6 members covered by Article 11 Sections 375h and 375i Eligibility the Benefit and Filin
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1642/eligibility-benefit-and-filingOpinion 91-25
… time of injury (see Matter of Barber v Lupton , 282 App Div 1008, 125 NYS2d 672, affd 307 NY 770; Drahos v Village of … 438 NYS2d 394; Matter of Birmingham v Mirrington , 284 App Div 721, 134 NYS2d 456). Based on Birmingham , supra , this … 195 Misc 674, 89 NYS2d 126, revd on other grounds 279 App Div 1138, 112 NYS2d 890; see also Klonowski v Department of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-25Legal Topics and Approvals
… Division of Legal Services at (518) 474-5586: Application Forms for Certain Towns Within the Adirondack Park (1998): These forms are intended for use by those towns within the Adirondack Park that are required to obtain the consent of the State Comptroller to the original issuance of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/resources/legal-topics-and-approvalsTier 2, 3, 5 and 6 Death Benefits – Police and Fire Plan
… benefits. If you chose death benefit one and you die while in active service, your beneficiary will be paid the greater … be covered by death benefit two, the greater benefit in almost all cases. Death benefit two is equal to your … by Section 130 of the Civil Service Law. If you are in service at age 61, your death benefit will be reduced by 3 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1512/tier-2-3-5-and-6-death-benefitsTier 2, 3, 5 and 6 Death Benefits – New Career Plan
… benefits. If you chose death benefit one and you die while in active service, your beneficiary will be paid the greater … be covered by death benefit two, the greater benefit in almost all cases. Death benefit two is equal to your … by Section 130 of the Civil Service Law. If you are in service at age 61, your death benefit will be reduced by 3 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1515/tier-2-3-5-and-6-death-benefitsTier 2, 3, 5 and 6 Death Benefits – Basic Plan with Increased-Take-Home-Pay (ITHP)
… whichever was earlier. Example: Retirement at age 62 with a salary of $60,000 $60,000 × 3 = $180,000 (reduction … Basic Plan with Increased TakeHome Pay for PFRS Tier 1 2 3 Article 11 5 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1511/tier-2-3-5-and-6-death-benefits