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Opinion 89-45
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Compensation (fixed amount plus hourly rate for attorney employed as counsel to zoning board of appeals) ZONING AND PLANNING -- Zoning Board of Appeals (paying fixed … a town may pay an attorney employed as counsel to the zoning board of appeals a fixed annual amount for certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-45Opinion 88-70
… are neither permitted nor required by statute are improper and without effect, and that municipal moneys may not be expended for such … lease of city real property; Municipal Home Rule Law, §§23 and 24, requiring mandatory or permissive referenda, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-70Opinion 2012-1
… town board of assessment review) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§ 800 (3), 801, 803: A member of a town board of assessment … department. Article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§§ 800 et seq .) contains provisions that relate to conflicts of … town officers and employees (General Municipal Law § 800 [4], [5]). Pursuant to General Municipal Law § 800 (3), a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 92-17
… the long-standing interpretation of this Office. In that case, a town brought suit against the county and the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-17Opinion 96-20
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … VILLAGE BOARD -- Police and Police Protection (abolishment of police department) -- Powers and Duties (abolishment of … police department which was established by a resolution of the village board adopted may be abolished by resolution …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-20Opinion 92-44
… 614, 375 NYS2d 500, lv den 38 NY2d 1004, 384 NYS2d 441; Taylor v McGuire , 100 Misc 2d 834, 420 NYS2d 248; 1991 Opns … including both salary and fringe benefits (see, e.g., Taylor , supra ; Christian v City of Ontario , 92 Misc 2d 51, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-44Opinion 92-31
… ADVERTISING -- Municipal Advertising (no authority to sell in newsletter) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties … activities and financial reports. The village may not sell advertising space in such a newsletter. You ask whether … The current Village Law, which became effective in 1973, does not provide similar express statutory authority for a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-31Opinion 97-20
… opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (remodeling and purchasing appliances for firehouse kitchen) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-20Opinion 96-1
… district) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (purchase of real property - need for State Comptroller approval in … State Comptroller approval in Adirondack fire district) REAL PROPERTY -- Purchase (need for State Comptroller … §6-g(13): If the moneys necessary to fund the purchase of real property by a fire district are to be provided from a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Village of Manlius – Financial Reports (2025M-89)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Village Board of Trustees (Board) receive the financial reports needed to … annual financial reports (AFRs) were filed with the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC)? Audit Period June 1, 2023 – … We extended our audit period to review the filing status of the Village’s 2021-22 through 2024-25 AFRs as of September …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2025/12/12/village-manlius-financial-reports-2025m-89Opinion 94-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Whether a tenant member of a public housing authority would have a conflict of … a residential management corporation which contracts with the housing authority to operate a federallyfunded …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-6Opinion 94-3
… of town special districts upon petition and, in the case of the establishment or extension of special districts … the street, highway, private road or right-of-way. In the case of an improvement to a private road, the town must … for the improvement (Town Law, §200[8], [10]); and, in the case of action by board motion, a permissive referendum (Town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-3Opinion 2004-6
… -- Contracts (by village with historical society) PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Consideration (services by an historical … municipality, or to maintain such historic edifices for public use under such terms and conditions as may be stated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-6Opinion 95-14
… the members of the fire department or company, as the case may be, determine to be for the benefit of the fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-14Opinion 2000-19
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent … an elevator accessible to disabled members of association) INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: A benevolent association may use foreign fire insurance tax monies to facilitate access to its meeting room …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-19Opinion 93-8
… events will cause the municipality to pay the higher rates and what procedures or indices will be used to compute the … exclude variable rate debt which bears interest at rates and for periods specified at the time of issuance. Finally, … cause the municipality to pay the higher rate of interest and what procedure or indices will be used to compute the new …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-8Town of Cohocton – Oversight of Ambulance Service (2025M-49)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Did the Town of Cohocton (Town) Town Board (Board) adequately oversee and … The Board did not adequately oversee or manage the Towns ambulance service The Boards general lack of oversight of and policy development for the District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/09/26/town-cohocton-oversight-ambulance-service-2025m-49Fredonia Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-6)
… 2016, and subsequent testing cycles have followed: Cycle One: September 6, 2016 to October 31, 2016. Cycle Two: January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 (extended to June … or properly exempted by District officials for Cycle Two. This occurred because District officials did not have a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/08/15/fredonia-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-6Tupper Lake Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-14)
… detailed which water outlets they exempted from sampling, how they would be secured against use, and what remedial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/08/01/tupper-lake-central-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-14Johnstown City School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-15)
… which water outlets they exempted from sampling and how they would be secured against use, and what remedial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/08/01/johnstown-city-school-district-lead-testing-and-reporting-s9-25-15