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Tips to Help You Keep Your Money
… savings accounts — accounts that have had no activity for three years. Make a small deposit or withdrawal every year. Cash all checks promptly for utility deposits, dividends, insurance premiums, wages …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/claimants/tips-help-you-keep-your-moneyCUNY Bulletin No. CU-791
… Dates: Effective in paychecks dated August 22, 2024, for Institution Current and September 5, 2024, for Institution Lag employees. OSC Actions: OSC will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-791-city-new-york-health-benefit-rate-changesOperational Advisory No. 9
… 4/23/25 W Unclaimed Fund Refunds 4/23/25 B Payroll 4/23/25 For more information regarding the escheatment process see … Section 1 - Outstanding Check Outreach and Escheatment . For more information regarding the escheatment of payroll …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/operational-advisory/9-current-year-escheatmentOpinion 96 - 14
… of a county (see General Municipal Law, §800[4], [5]). For this purpose, officers and employees of a county … or stockholder (General Municipal Law, §800[3][b]-[d]). For this purpose, a "contract" includes any express or … and maintain petty cash funds, not in excess of $200 each, for specified college purposes and undertakings. These petty …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-14Opinion 92-13
… town clerk to four years. Town Law, §24 provides generally for two year terms of office for the town supervisor, town councilmen and town clerk. … general rule against the joining of one subject to others for purposes of obtaining voter approval). The leading …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-13Opinion 91-2
… (authority of State Comptroller to request information for the purpose of determining conflicts of interest) … (authority of State Comptroller to request information for the purpose of determining conflicts of interest) NEW … certain outside employment and business interests in order for the Comptroller to determine the possible existence of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-2Opinion 90-41
… Village Law (Village Law of 1909). Section 264 provided for the entire cost of constructing the sewer system to be … forth a procedure whereby fronting owners could petition for the construction of a sewer wholly at the expense of the … however, section 14-1410 would provide clear authority for a village board, by resolution, to determine to construct …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-41Opinion 2009-1
… fire district treasurer. Town Law § 174 (2) provides for the election of a fire district treasurer for a term of three years. Pursuant to Town Law § 176 (2-a), … are certain statutory restrictions limiting eligibility for appointment or election to the office of fire district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2009-1Local Sales Tax Data, Reports and Resources
… percent (or nearly $376 million) from the prior year. This increase not only marked the lowest year-over-year rate of … 1.4 percent growth was the lowest quarterly year-over-year increase following the pandemic-induced declines. New York … year. | Regional Table [xlsx] Local Sales Tax Collections Increase by 2.2 Percent in the Second Quarter of 2024 July …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/resources/local-sales-tax-data-reports-and-resourcesUnexpected Delays and Events
… The LIRR’s Public Information Office is responsible for communicating with train crews, the media, and the public … describe its Incident Response Structure and various plans for addressing incidents. To address the needs of its … defined by the LIRR’s Bus Call-Out Procedure as a request for buses in response to an acute disruption in scheduled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/02/27/unexpected-delays-and-eventsDiNapoli: State Must Improve Oversight of Most Dangerous Sex Offenders
… Syracuse. Under state regulations, DOCCS is responsible for closely monitoring sex offenders’ compliance with … are expected to demonstrate acceptance of responsibility for their behavior and to develop appropriate strategies to … did not occur in nearly a quarter of the 92 cases tested. For example, in the Bronx regional office, officers did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/12/dinapoli-state-must-improve-oversight-most-dangerous-sex-offendersOpinion 92-37
… which requires the Comptroller's approval. The procedures for merging a fire protection district into an adjoining fire … in section one hundred seventy-three of this chapter for the extension of a fire district". Subdivision 2 of Town … the resolution must be submitted to the State Comptroller for approval. Subdivision 1 of section 173, on the other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37Opinion 89-9
… Wages of a deceased county employee which remain unclaimed for six years may be transferred into the county's general … fund. Alternatively, if the salary check remains unclaimed for two years, the county may obtain court order declaring it … made if distribution of the moneys is otherwise provided for by designation of a beneficiary. The affidavit must show …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-9DiNapoli: MTA Budget Outlook Improves
… is plenty of time before the next scheduled fare increase for the MTA to refocus its efforts on reducing waste, which … service ($317 million), and lower health insurance costs for active employees and retirees ($218 million) compared to … risen much faster than inflation over the past six years. For instance, since 2007, the cost of a 30-day MetroCard rose …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/09/dinapoli-mta-budget-outlook-improvesDiNapoli: NYC Parks Can Do More to Correct Barriers to People With Disabilities
… accessible, but many of the problems we found have existed for years and should have been addressed long ago.” Nearly … or parking spaces, to Not Achievable (Priority Level 5) for historic sites or hilltop parks where a fix was not … basis of an accessibility Transition Plan, a requirement for public entities under the ADA, but the Plan was never …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/03/dinapoli-nyc-parks-can-do-more-correct-barriers-people-disabilitiesDiNapoli: OTDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Services Provided to Those in Homeless Shelters
… case management, access to health care, treatment for substance abuse, childcare services and assistance with … pandemic restrictions and staffing shortages as the cause for timeliness problems, the majority of the cases sampled … late or missing assessments and ILPs have been an issue for more than seven years as cited in prior audit reports. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/08/dinapoli-otda-needs-improve-oversight-services-provided-those-homeless-sheltersState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… Oversight (Tioga County) The board did not adequately plan for long-term capital and financial needs totaling $5.6 … board also did not receive accurate monthly cash balances for the audit period and did not identify the discrepancies … Auditing (Onondaga County) While the claims reviewed were for appropriate village expenditures, the board did not audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0DiNapoli: Better DEC Oversight of Dams Recommended To Prevent Failures and Safeguard Communities
… maintain dams in a safe condition. Dam failures can occur for a host of reasons, including floods, construction … certain condition ratings require the dam owner to act. For example, a condition rating of unsafe requires immediate … drain the reservoir to reduce or eliminate the potential for a dam failure. DiNapoli’s audit also recommends DEC: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-better-dec-oversight-dams-recommended-prevent-failures-and-safeguard-communitiesEnforcement of the Mitchell-Lama Surcharge Provisions (Follow-Up)
… surcharges were generally properly calculated and assessed for the tested transactions at the sampled developments, … only 30 percent of the required income verification audits for our sample had been done. We also found that developments … time of our review in 2017, DHCR’s most recent match was for 2012. Further, the Private Housing Finance Law states …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/09/06/enforcement-mitchell-lama-surcharge-provisions-followCapital Planning (Follow-Up)
… is a multi-modal transportation authority responsible for air and public transportation in Erie and Niagara … to support their decisions on the projects they selected for the capital plan. Also, NFTA had not established a documented system for ranking assets by importance, nor a schedule of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/09/04/capital-planning-follow