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Opinion 92-5
… -- Gifts and Loans (granting of license or concession for fair and adequate consideration) REAL PROPERTY -- License … of a proper municipal or school district purpose for fair and adequate consideration. 23 Opns St Comp, 1972, p 35, … under which the municipality or school district receives fair and adequate consideration (see, e.g., Antonopoulou v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-5Opinion 95-9
… COMMISSIONERS -- Service Award Program (service credit for attending meetings of the fire district board of … credit for attending meetings of committees of a fire company); (pro rating the number of points credited for … activities may include, inter alia , "[a]ttendance at any official meetings of the volunteer fire company " and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-9Opinion 88-57
… senior citizens from rent increases in rent controlled apartments in New York City, stating that: "...'the standards …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-57Opinion 96-16
… of a town water district for the construction of a new town hall. This is in response to your letter concerning … excess proceeds from the sale for the construction of a new town hall if the town board submits a proposition on this … for general town purposes, such as the construction of a new town hall (see, also, e.g., McCabe v Voorhis , 243 NY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-16Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentence Of Former Met Council Chief Financial Officer For Role In Stealing $9m In Kickback Scheme
… State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the … of New York City’s poorest and most vulnerable residents,” Attorney General Schneiderman said. “As this case and others … and prosecuted. My office will continue to work with Attorney General Schneiderman as part of our joint task force …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentence-former-met-council-chief-financial-officerDiNapoli: Pennsylvania Man Who Impersonated Deceased Father to Steal $194K in NYS Pension and Social Security Payments Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
… benefits intended for his deceased father. His behavior is unacceptable, and this sentence holds him accountable for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/02/dinapoli-pennsylvania-man-who-impersonated-deceased-father-steal-194k-nys-pension-and-social-securityOpinion 92-42
… provide an incidental private benefit (see, e.g., Schulz v Warren County Board of Supervisors , 179 AD2d 118, 581 NYS2d 885; Murphy v Erie County , 28 NY2d 80, 320 NYS2d 29; 1990 Opns St Comp No. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-42Opinion 2003-7
… in the opinion. PARKS AND RECREATION -- Moneys in Lieu of Park Land (use of for preliminary costs and feasibility studies) ZONING AND PLANNING -- Park Lands (use of park trust moneys for preliminary costs and feasibility … costs related to a capital improvement at a town park …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-7Opinion 2007-5
… reserve established for a specific improvement or specific item of equipment into another capital reserve fund is not … reserve established for a specific improvement or specific item of equipment into another capital reserve fund is … improvement," or (2) the acquisition of a specific item or type of “equipment” (General Municipal Law § 6-c …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-5Opinion 92-25
… to ride on fire vehicles during emergency calls, so long as the regulation does not have the effect of interfering … to the Town Law by chapter 220 of the Laws of 1960. The legislative history in the Governor's bill jacket of chapter 220 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-25Opinion 92-38
… and Duties (approval of nomination for fire chief); (appointment of fire chief) VILLAGE LAW, §10-1012: If the … of the department. The board of fire commissioners, at its next meeting, must consider the nominations and either … the position of chief, but does not specify a definite date for either commencement or expiration of the chief's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-38State Agencies Bulletin No. 1097
… for all transactions, agencies must process salary changes in the payroll system as timely as possible. Due to the … before submitting these transactions. The procedures in this Bulletin supersede Payroll Bulletin No. 235 which was … Salary increases for unallocated positions* Changes in percentage of time worked Transactions in this category …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1097-retroactive-transactions-executive-branch-agenciesOpinion 94-12
… DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (authority to negotiate lease of unneeded real property) REAL PROPERTY -- Leases (authority to negotiate lease of unneeded real property) TOWN LAW, §176(14): A fire district may, without referendum, negotiate a lease of a portion of its vacant land with a not-for-profit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-12Opinion 88-7
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … (need to use debt service appropriation where surplus bond proceeds available) TOWN LAW, §112(1); GENERAL MUNICIPAL … LAW, §9; LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §165.00: Where surplus bond proceeds are available to pay debt service for purposes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-7DiNapoli: Fix Delays With Child Support Payments
… money to be returned to the payer or deposited with the county treasurer or, in New York City, the commissioner of Finance. Funds that remain with a county treasurer or the commissioner of Finance for more than … six districts, (Erie, Hamilton, Nassau, Otsego, Yates, and Warren), the average age of a UDC account was three to four …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-fix-delays-child-support-paymentsOpinion 2007-4
… fund to be used over the course of several fiscal years to finance appropriations for the consideration due under annual … also requires moneys in the general fund to be used to finance appropriations for the current fiscal year (Village … the proceeds of unneeded village real property sales to finance appropriations for annual ambulance services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-4Opinion 2002-13
… department may determine to use foreign fire insurance tax monies to make reasonable expenditures to fund the fire … fund-raising drive. You ask whether foreign fire insurance tax monies received by a fire district treasurer may be used … The distribution and use of foreign fire insurance tax monies is governed by sections 9104 and 9105 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13Opinion 88-10
… TAXES -- Gross Receipts Tax (liability of municipality for) PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Modification (addition of amount of … §103: A petroleum business awarded a municipal contract for fuel oil may not add on the amount of the gross receipts … asked whether the successful bidder on a county contract for fuel oil may add on to his bid price, as a separate line …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-10Opinion 91-62
… of right to use) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (gift of property from village to public library) VILLAGE LAW, … village real property may not be made in the form of a gift or loan in violation of article VIII, §1 of the State … since there is no constitutional bar to a village making a gift of unneeded real property to a school district public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-62IX.7.E Disaster Assistance – IX. Federal Grants
… process will be used each time there is a disaster event. This process requires the participation of staff in … allow New York State agencies to respond to a disaster event and receive budget relief by transferring the costs to … spending and costs by disaster and agency. Disaster Event Life Cycle/Process Prior to a pending disaster event, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix7e-disaster-assistance