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Opinion 95-20
… depend on the nature of the relief sought. If the court is required to decide separate issues in order to grant … fee should be paid in a proceeding in Surrogate's Court where multiple relief is requested in the same proceeding. … for the appointment of a trustee. You note also that where multiple relief is sought in a single petition, some …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-20Opinion 91-14
… -- Procedures (necessity for referendum) -- Refuse and Garbage (town refuse and garbage district collecting refuse for village) … A. Paider, Esq., Chief Deputy Town Attorney Town of Oyster Bay … Whether pursuant to section 119o of Article 5G of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-14Opinion 88-54
… Law, the consolidation of the districts, assuming that it is not defeated at referendum, will become effective on … district may be extended prior to December 31, and, if so, what time table must be followed for the extension of the … district may be extended prior to December 31 and if so what time table must be followed for the extension of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-54Opinion 89-4
… is null, void and unenforceable (General Municipal Law, §804) and any officer or employee who willfully or knowingly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-4Opinion 98-21
… in the opinion. AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Contracts (by fire district for emergency ambulance service) -- Fire Districts (contracts for emergency ambulance service) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Ambulance Service (circumstances in which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-21Opinion 93-33
… meeting) EDUCATION LAW, §2004(1); PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §70-a; GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §60(a): A publication entered as … Law, §70-a sets forth certain conditions precedent to a newspaper making a claim for compensation for the … requirements does not constitute a "newspaper" which may make a claim for payment of compensation for publication of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33Medicaid Program – Reducing Medicaid Costs for Recipients With End Stage Renal Disease
… durable medical equipment, and laboratory services) on behalf of 10,906 Medicaid recipients who were diagnosed … and meet one of the following requirements: (1) have worked the required amount of time under Social … age 65 who meet ESRD Medicare eligibility requirements who do not apply for Medicare. We requested that SSA issue a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/03/01/medicaid-program-reducing-medicaid-costs-recipients-end-stage-renal-diseaseOpinion 89-59
… of user fees and the levy of assessments the court in YMCA , supra , stated as follows: Because of certain … 354 NYS2d at 205). Although the Appellate Division in the YMCA case relied in part on the fact that the user charge …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-59Opinion 90-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … transfers) VILLAGE LAW, §§5-524(3), 5-532; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(e)(3): In a village which has … of this article". Therefore, since section 5-524 is contained in Article 5 of the Village Law, it is our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-9Opinion 94-32
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … to provide service outside village or if fire department is dissolved); (authority to transfer responsibility for … that the service award statute is silent with respect to what arrangements, if any, must be made for those members of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-32Opinion 89-47
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Extension (when adjoining fire protection … as it existed prior to the alteration of boundaries (see 25 Opns St Comp, 1969, p 345; see also Town Law, §202[5], … the area of the fire district as extended. November 9, 1989 Michael J. Bolender, Esq., Town Attorney Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-47Opinion 2000-2
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … and pay for certain entertainment such as a band to play at a dance, movies or similar events (see, e.g., 26 Opns …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-2Opinion 2008-4
… matters) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (costs for park district improvements not payable from general fund) PARK DISTRICTS -- Increase and Improvement of Facilities … property for park purposes. Pursuant to Town Law § 202-b (2), the town board, on behalf of a park district, also may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-4Opinion 97-16
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … for compensation by assigned counsel in amount fixed by court) -- Payment (without audit of claim for compensation … computer-based research undertaken in connection with the case. Section 722 of the County Law requires the governing …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-16Opinion 91-51
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Inter-fund Advance (from county sewer district fund to general fund) COUNTIES -- Fund … November 26, 1991 Ronald C. Delo, Executive Director Rockland County Sewer District No. 1 … Whether a county chief …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-51Opinion 96-22
… §6-c(9), (9-a): Moneys in a capital reserve fund may not be transferred to a contingency and tax stabilization reserve … been established, the unexpended balance in the fund may be transferred only to another capital reserve fund, subject … if the creation of the fund from which the moneys would be transferred was itself subject to permissive referendum. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-22Opinion 92-16
… of rental to town officers); (by town from volunteer fire company) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (lease of office from town officers and fire companies) TOWN LAW, §§64(2), 220; GENERAL MUNICIPAL … duties. A town is authorized to lease office space from a fire company. You ask whether a town may agree to pay rent to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-16Opinion 91-38
… return of a single set of the plans and specifications. If an unsuccessful bidder obtains more than one set of plans and … less the actual cost of reproducing the set. You ask what portion of the deposit on copies of plans and … Subdivision 2 provides as follows: If a proposal is duly submitted by any person or corporation making the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-38Opinion 89-54
Whether a capital reserve fund may be established for the construction of a type of improvement provided pursuant to Article 12C of the Town Law
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-54Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-155
… transactions in Pay Period 19C. Affected Employees Judges who are paid using the LEG Pay Basis Code Background … the Office of the State Comptroller and the Office of Court Administration, the total amount of regular earnings … salary rate; or the prorated statutory salary rate for judges who serve only part of the calendar year; or the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-155-2009-year-end-adjustment-judges-and-justices-unified-court