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City of Amsterdam - Budget Review (B22-5-3)
… [ read complete report - pdf ] Purpose The purpose of our budget review was to provide an independent evaluation of the City’s proposed budget for 2022-23. Background Chapter 531 of the Laws of 2019 authorizes the City to issue debt not to … The purpose of our budget review was to provide an independent evaluation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2022/04/27/city-amsterdam-budget-review-b22-5-3Northside Center for Child Development – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… programs. During the 2013-14 school year, Northside served 65 to 75 students from nine different school districts in its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/01/11/northside-center-child-development-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualMaintenance, Inspection, and Testing of the Event Recorder System
… were to determine whether the the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) maintains and inspects its Event Recorder System (ERS) … Authorities Law. One of six MTA constituent agencies, the LIRR, founded in 1834, has grown to become the largest … within its infrastructure and trains. A key feature on the train is the ERS – a device that simultaneously monitors and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/11/07/maintenance-inspection-and-testing-event-recorder-systemCity of Amsterdam - Budget Review (B21-5-5)
… an independent evaluation of the City’s proposed budget for 2021-22. Background Chapter 531 of the Laws of 2019 … is authorized to issue the deficit obligations, and for each subsequent fiscal year during which the deficit obligations are outstanding, their proposed budget for the next succeeding fiscal year. Key Findings Based on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2021/05/07/city-amsterdam-budget-review-b21-5-5Medicaid Program – Overpayments for Medicare Part C Claims
… To determine whether Medicaid made improper payments on Medicare Part C claims for recipients covered by Medicare Advantage Plans. The audit covered the period from … To determine whether Medicaid made improper payments on Medicare Part C claims for recipients covered by Medicare …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/12/04/medicaid-program-overpayments-medicare-part-c-claimsPandemic Planning and Care for Vulnerable Populations (Follow-Up)
… in our initial audit report, Pandemic Planning and Care for Vulnerable Populations (Report 2021-S-9 ). About the Program The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) is responsible for coordinating services for individuals with intellectual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/06/18/pandemic-planning-and-care-vulnerable-populations-followOpinion 93-23
… rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court … has a prohibited interest in a contract with the town to perform electrical services must be determined on a … and duties in connection with the specific contract. Even if the interest is not prohibited, disclosure would be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-23Opinion 98-5
… prepare, authorize or approve the contract or approve payments thereunder; (b) audit bills or claims under the … Board of the Town of Tuxedo , 69 AD2d 320, 418 NYS2d 638; Conrad v Hinman , 122 Misc 2d 531, 471 NYS2d 521). Thus, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-5Opinion 92-6
… is deemed to have an interest in the contracts of his or her spouse, except a contract of employment (General … to have an "interest" in contracts between the town and her husband (General Municipal Law, §800[3][a]). Since none … view of the ministerial nature of the clerk's duties and her status as a subordinate of the superintendent, we do not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-6Opinion 95-26
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent … (investment of tax moneys by loan to fire department) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: The Lawrence-Cedarhurst … Firemen's Benevolent Association may expend foreign fire insurance tax moneys to rent a meeting room if the purpose of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-26Opinion 90-56
… OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Military Leave (additional paid leave beyond statutory maximum period) CONSTITUTIONAL … LAW -- Gifts and Loans (authority to provide paid leaves of absence) MILITARY LAW, §242(5); GENERAL … may provide prospectively for full or partially paid leaves of absence to school district employees engaged …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-56Opinion 90-41
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … SEWERS AND SEWERS SYSTEMS -- Sewer Lines (authority of village to assess entire cost against benefited … Whether the village board of trustees may determine on its own motion to construct the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-41Opinion 2010-1
… the village may use park trust fund monies to pay that part of the purchase price attributable to the discrete … to Village Law § 7-730 may be expended to pay that part of the purchase price attributable to the portion of the … general fund monies used to fund the cost of the remaining part of the parcel. Further, the village will take steps to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-1-0Opinion 2010-1
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PARKS AND RECREATION -- Moneys in Lieu of Park Land (use of to fund the purchase of a portion of a … Whether monies held in a park land trust fund pursuant to village law may be expended …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-1Opinion 88-29
… (52 AD2d 198, 382 NYS2d 198). The Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division decision, however, holding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-29Opinion 94-29
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … indigent spouse in appeals from Family Court order) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §8022; FAMILY COURT ACT, §1118: The … advance. (b) The clerks of the appellate divisions of the supreme court and the clerk of the court of appeals are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-29Oversight of Young Adult Institute, Inc.'s Family Support Services Contracts
… reimburses providers, based on actual program expenses, up to the contracted amount. FSS providers report program … training to regional offices to ensure compliance. Follow up with the YAI Network to formally assess: the $47,418 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/05/oversight-young-adult-institute-incs-family-support-services-contractsOpinion 91-10
… 574 of the Laws of 1924 (McKinney's Unconsolidated Laws of NY, §§1471-1493) which authorizes the establishment of park … town could be exposed to tort liability in connection with operation of the district. Under section 1-b of chapter 574, … NYS2d 364; Brooklyn Park v Armstrong , 45 NY 234; Village Green Realty v Glen Cove Com. Dev. , 95 AD2d 259, 466 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-10Opinion 97-23
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent … and a member of a volunteer ambulance corps at the same time. You ask whether an individual may be a member of a fire company and a volunteer ambulance corps at the same time. The provisions of law relating to the qualifications …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-23Opinion 90-7
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Expenses (defense and indemnification by municipality of employees of industrial development agency) GENERAL … to Public Officers Law 18 a city may indemnify the members of an industrial development agency IDA established for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-7