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Opinion 90-57
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (need for referendum on contract to receive fire protection from village with service award program) FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Contracts (cost of service … award program for the volunteer firefighters of a village fire department is subject to mandatory referendum in one or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-57Opinion 91-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Requirements (mandatory referendum - curtailing powers of city board of estimate) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Budget … Whether section 75 of the Second Class Cities Law SCCL would permit a city …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-9Opinion 89-15
… -- Powers and Duties (authority to purchase liability insurance for vehicles owned by the village fire department) … VILLAGE LAW, §4-412: A village may not purchase liability insurance, nor agree to indemnify third parties against … to be responsible for maintaining the requisite liability insurance on the fire-fighting equipment used by the fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-15Medicaid Program - Errors in Identification of 340B Providers in the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (Follow-Up) (2018-F-14) 30-Day Response
To determine the implementation status of the four recommendations made in our initial audit report, Errors in Identification of 340B Providers in the Medicaid...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2019-18f14-response.pdfDiNapoli Audit Finds Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Medicaid Payments Went to Providers Not Enrolled in the Program
An audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli found Medicaid managed care organizations made as much as $15 billion in improper and questionable payments to providers who did not appear to be enrolled in Medicaid
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/06/dinapoli-audit-finds-hundreds-millions-dollars-medicaid-payments-went-providers-not-enrolled-programArts, Entertainment and Recreation in New York City: Recent Trends and Impact of COVID-19
… package provides $15 billion nationally for shuttered live venues and $284 billion in funds for more Paycheck … such iconic establishments as the Metropolitan Opera, Broadway and off-Broadway theaters, Carnegie Hall, the Apollo … and jobs were located across the City (although on a much smaller scale) in the rest of the City’s 55 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/arts-entertainment-and-recreation-new-york-city-recent-trends-and-impact-covid-19State Agencies Bulletin No. 1735.3
… of the Division of the Budget (DOB) approved minimum wage. Affected Employees Employees in annual positions, … and revised June 18, 2019 ) authorized the minimum hourly wage be increased for seasonal and other non-statutory … procedure to use the new Reason Code to pay employees a base salary equal to the annualized DOB approved minimum …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/17353-minimum-wage-annual-employeesOpinion 96-4
… of sale of property); (establishment of general reserve fund); (authority to supersede village budget procedures) -- … in the amount of the purchase price less the amount due on closing. Under each of these alternatives, the moneys held by … Municipal Law, §6-c authorizes the creation of one or more capital reserve funds to finance the construction, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-4Monitoring of Select Programs
… Office for the Aging’s policies and procedures for select programs are adequate to ensure Area Agencies on Aging are … consumer-oriented, cost-effective policies and programs. NYSOFA’s overall goal is to improve access to, and … avoid higher levels of care and publicly financed care. Programs are administered at the county level through a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/01/21/monitoring-select-programsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today the following audits have been issued. Office of General Services – Capital Asset … Thomas P DiNapoli announced today the following audits have been issued …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsDiNapoli: Too Many New Yorkers Still Without High-Speed Broadband Access
… everyday activities and especially vital for businesses, remote workers, online education and health care … or Mbps) broadband service “universal” in all but the most remote areas of the state by 2018. ESD’s Broadband Program … that were connected to broadband — 78,690 households in remote areas — were given broadband access using satellite …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-too-many-new-yorkers-still-without-high-speed-broadband-accessState Health Department Slow to Inspect Violations at Adult Care Facilities, Audit Finds
… The state Department of Health (DOH) is not adequately overseeing adult care facilities, risking the health and safety of vulnerable residents, according to an … FINDS The state Department of Health DOH is not adequately overseeing adult care facilities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/state-health-department-slow-inspect-violations-adult-care-facilities-audit-findsOpinion 88-9
… facilities. Prior to such delegation, the town board must call and conduct a public hearing on the increase or … may be initiated without petition, the town board shall call a hearing in the manner provided by article 12 of the … and estimate have been completed, the town board then must call a public hearing and cause a notice of hearing to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-9State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… customers. The installation of electric vehicle high-speed chargers was as much as 2 years behind schedule. NYPA made …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsComptroller DiNapoli & A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentencing of Former Halfmoon Town Supervisor For Stealing Campaign Funds
… Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the … partnership between the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York. “New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/comptroller-dinapoli-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentencing-former-halfmoon-town-supervisor-stealingComptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Felony Guilty Plea of Former City of Rensselaer DPW Commissioner for Stealing Scrap Metal Proceeds
… of their jobs with the city. Capuano pleaded guilty today in Rensselaer County Court to Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree (a Class E … of his two co-defendants, Ronald Foust and Jeffrey Clark. Surveillance videos from a local scrap yard showed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-felony-guilty-plea-former-city-rensselaer-dpwOpinion 92-37
… a town board resolution "establishing or extending a fire alarm or a fire protection district, or consolidating two or … protection district, or dissolving a fire district, a fire alarm or fire protection district" must be filed with the … relative to the establishment and extension of fire alarm and fire protection districts situated within certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37Opinion 2003-1
… to a district is to be collected from "the several lots and parcels of land" within the extension on the same …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-1Opinion 96-21
… issues discussed in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Beach Erosion Control Districts (increase or improvement of … destroyed or worn-out facilities or appurtenances by beach erosion control district) TOWN LAW, §§198(10-a), … the installation of a sand-filled geotube at a town-owned beach in a town beach erosion control district which was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-21Opinion 97-7
… which were directed by court order to be deposited into the court and trust fund and which have been held beyond … funds which were directed by court order to be deposited into the court and trust fund and that some of these funds … found in many court orders directing that moneys be paid into court, which provides that the moneys may be disbursed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-7