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DiNapoli: Fiscal Stress May be Looming for Glens Falls
… The city of Glens Falls’ financial condition has declined due to burdensome debt costs, the subsidization of a downtown … the burden on the tax-paying citizens of the city of Glens Falls,” Mayor John Diamond said. DiNapoli’s report noted, … The city of Glens Falls financial condition has declined due to burdensome debt …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/dinapoli-fiscal-stress-may-be-looming-glens-fallsAuditors Find Safety Hazards at Pre-K Facilities in New York City
… location, bleach was accessible to the children in the laundry room. During site visits to the seven contracted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/auditors-find-safety-hazards-pre-k-facilities-new-york-cityDiNapoli: 90 School Districts in Fiscal Stress
… Ninety school districts, more than 13 percent of districts … Stress Monitoring System. DiNapoli’s office evaluated 672 school districts with fiscal years ending on June 30, 2014. … office has assessed and scored the financial stability of school districts. The second round of scoring designated 10 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-90-school-districts-fiscal-stressDiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores
… There are 25 local governments in fiscal stress, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli … towns and one village. Ten of those municipalities are in the highest ranking designation of “significant fiscal stress.” “Nearly six million New Yorkers are living in a community struggling with fiscal stress. My Fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/09/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scoresWall Street Profits for 2014 May Not Reach 2013 Level
… Over the past three years, the securities industry has shed 10,500 jobs in New York City, including 2,600 lost from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/wall-street-profits-2014-may-not-reach-2013-levelDiNapoli: Too Many Subway Stations Need Repairs
… Too many New York City subway stations are in disrepair and New York City Transit’s repair program is … the city’s 468 stations were free of defects, and just 1-in-4 had most or all of their station components in good repair. “New York City Transit reports it is making …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/10/dinapoli-too-many-subway-stations-need-repairsWall Street Bonuses Declined in 2011
… that profits for the broker/dealer operations of New York Stock Exchange member firms, the traditional measure of … taxes have been withheld. The estimate does not include stock options or other forms of deferred compensation that … of net revenue in 2011. The member firms of the New York Stock Exchange devoted nearly 52 percent of their net revenue …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2012/02/wall-street-bonuses-declined-2011Audit Faults Justice Center Records, Raises Questions on Accountability
… DiNapoli. Auditors also found numerous inaccuracies in the database tracking allegations of wrongdoing, including … looking into allegations. The Justice Center manages a database of claims of abuse or neglect, and it is responsible … met its responsibility to operate a hotline, establish a database of reported allegations and state exclusion list, as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/03/audit-faults-justice-center-records-raises-questions-accountabilityOpinion 2003-1
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … in the opinion. IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Expenses (of extension to town water district) WATER DISTRICTS -- … §202(5), the cost of an extension to a town water district is charged against only properties within the extension. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-1Opinion 90-31
… majority of quorum) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §353-a; GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §41; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1): A … jointly, and as their joint agent, to have charge of the construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of the … needed for the committee to act. Section 41 of the General Construction Law, however, provides that whenever three or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31Opinion 2006-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … in the opinion. REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (on the transfer of property of a town sewer district to a county) SEWER … the proposed transfer would constitute a sale for purposes of town law and be subject to the referendum requirements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-9Opinion 88-59
… a larger caseload than was anticipated at the time his or her salary was fixed, increase the village justice's salary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-59Opinion 96-21
… facilities or appurtenances by beach erosion control district) TOWN LAW, §§198(10-a), 202-b(2): A town board, … control district was established in 1987 pursuant to a petition of property owners which asked the town board to … the State Comptroller under then existing law because the petition did not ask for a capital improvement whose cost …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-21Opinion 92-37
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … of extension of fire district) TOWN LAW, §§172-d, 173: The extension of a fire district to include the territory of … protection district dissolved pursuant to Town Law, §172-d is subject to the approval of the State Comptroller. This is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-37Opinion 91-59
… fire insurance tax moneys to provide death benefits to family members of deceased volunteer firefighters, and to … tax moneys to fund a death benefit payable to the family of deceased volunteer firefighters since, in our … the New York State Insurance Department. December 10, 1991 Dennis Mulligan, Chairman Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-59Opinion 93-10
… and Duties (designating holidays for closing of county offices) LOCAL LAWS -- Public Holidays (determining day to … LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a)(3): A non-charter county must keep its offices open on the day after Thanksgiving and may not adopt a local law authorizing the closing of county offices on such day. Although the determination of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-10Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… (2014M-121) Auditors found that the county overpaid $18,724 to employees for time not worked, or for leave time … independent verification and oversight. Town of Eagle – Wind Power Revenues (Wyoming County) The town’s use of wind power revenues was reasonable. However, the board did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/08/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Opinion 99-13
… processing the permit and inspecting and regulating the site were greater for this type of structure. You ask whether … inspecting or enforcing the permitted activity (see, e.g., NY Tel. v City of Amsterdam , 200 AD2d 315, 613 NYS2d 993; … the cost of general governmental functions (see, e.g., NY Tel. , supra , in which the court, quoting from Torsoe …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-13DiNapoli: Medicaid Redesign Presents Opportunities and Risks
… over the next four years and improving the quality of care for Medicaid patients remains a challenge after more than two … waiver amendment approved in April 2014 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides incentives for cost controls and a broad restructuring of New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-medicaid-redesign-presents-opportunities-and-risksNew York State Comptroller DiNapoli: Wall Street Bonuses and Profits Up Slightly in 2019, but Facing Sharp Fall in 2020
… sector employment. DiNapoli estimates that nearly 1 in 10 jobs in the city are either directly or indirectly associated … assumed that statewide bonuses for the broader finance and insurance sector would decline by 1.7 percent in SFY 2020 … three-quarters of the statewide bonus pool for finance and insurance, state tax collections from bonuses are likely to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/new-york-state-comptroller-dinapoli-wall-street-bonuses-and-profits-slightly-2019-facing-sharp-fall