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Opinion 91-48
… (applicant before planning board represented by board member's personal attorney) ZONING AND PLANNING -- Planning … GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(2),(3), 806, 809: When a planning board member's personal attorney appears before … rise above the type of speculation that would effectively make all but a handful of citizens ineligible to sit on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-48Opinion 2008-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … 1 The collective bargaining agreement does not expressly state how the cash payment is to be calculated. It appears, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-6Opinion 94-29
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … is usually indigent. Section 8022 provides: Fee on civil appeal (a) A county clerk, upon filing a notice of appeal, is … proceedings are quasi-criminal in nature and as such would not be subject to fees which are applicable to civil matters. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-29DiNapoli Finds State Needs to Do More to Address Nursing Home Pandemic Issues
… The state Department of Health (DOH) has made limited progress in addressing the widespread failures identified in a March 2022 audit of the state’s response to the COVID-19 … system. Officials said they were strengthening their collection, use and analysis of data but did not provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/12/dinapoli-finds-state-needs-do-more-address-nursing-home-pandemic-issuesDiNapoli Warns of ‘Triple Threat’ of Fiscal Risks
… than expected personal income tax collections, according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … than expected personal income tax collections and cuts to federal programs combine for a triple threat of budgetary … for the coming fiscal year before any budgetary actions to address the gap. If tax receipts continue to fall below …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-warns-triple-threat-fiscal-risksDiNapoli and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso Op-Ed: New York Mothers Should Not Be Dying in Childbirth in 2025
… The New York Daily News published an op-ed on Sunday from New York … can be done to save lives. The full op-ed is below: Here’s what we know about our maternal health crisis: The United … The death rate here is more than 2.5 times the rates of France and Canada and 3.5 times that of the United …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-and-brooklyn-borough-president-antonio-reynoso-op-ed-new-york-mothers-should-not-be-dyingCompliance With Jonathan's Law
… Under Jonathan’s Law, facility directors are required to do the following in response to any incident involving a … their rights to this information. We also found Facilities do not always provide all records to qualified persons when …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2019/07/19/compliance-jonathans-lawDiNapoli: State Needs to Improve Monitoring of Mental Health Facilities
… New York’s mental health facilities are not ensuring parents … incidents, 20 percent of the incidents reviewed (42 total, all involving children under the age of 18) lacked support … Auditors also found facilities do not always provide all records to parents and guardians when requested or are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/07/dinapoli-state-needs-improve-monitoring-mental-health-facilitiesCUNY Bulletin No. CU-261
… salary was off step or Position Data and Job Data did not match. Agency Instructions: Pay Period 8C Agencies must …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-261-cuny-increment-payments-effective-july-1-2006Opinion 92-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … has a paid subscription. In 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-28, p 51, we concluded that a publication must be a "newspaper" …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-24Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Felony Conviction of Woman Who Stole over $290,000 in Deceased Mother's Benefits from the Buffalo Firemen's Pension Fund
… Eric T. Schneiderman announced today the felony conviction of Pearlann MacVittie of West Seneca, New York, of the crime … scam against the city and its taxpayers." "Concealing the death of one's parent to steal from their pension … was illegally collecting $935 per month. The total amount stolen by MacVittie from October 1983 through May 2016 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/04/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-felony-conviction-woman-who-stole-over-290000DiNapoli: Tax Collections Exceed Projections Through First Half of Fiscal Year
… million higher than the latest projections largely due to strong personal income tax receipts, according to the … first half of the year with a balance of $10.7 billion, up 33 percent from a year earlier, largely because of legal … PIT collections of $5.1 billion in September were up by $892 million, or more than 21 percent, from the same …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-tax-collections-exceed-projections-through-first-half-fiscal-yearDiNapoli: Report Finds Mixed Job Picture in Upstate NY
… the overall average annual wage gain in upstate of 3.3 percent outpaced both the downstate and national … come as no surprise that a closer look reveals pockets of the state still have a long way to go to catch up.” … over the next 19 months, to a recessionary low point of 2.9 million in February 2010. As of June 2016, upstate had …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-report-finds-mixed-job-picture-upstate-nyDiNapoli, Stringer Lead Investors Calling on Olympic Sponsors to End Their Silence, Defend Russian LGBT Rights
… coalition of 19 investors, today released letters written to four major corporate sponsors of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia that failed to respond to an earlier request they use their influence to ensure the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-stringer-lead-investors-calling-olympic-sponsors-end-their-silence-defend-russian-lgbtState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… data, and inability to recover from a network disruption. In addition, the district’s use of two central network … enabled network user accounts were not logged into in the last six months. Accounts grant access to sensitive … receipts totaling $4.8 million were not recorded on time in the supervisor’s accounting records, 11 disbursements …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1DiNapoli Releases Annual IDA Report
… projects with a record high total value of $132 billion in 2022, an increase of $5 billion (3.9%), from 2021, according … were responsible for 61.8% of all active IDA projects in 2022, followed by towns (17.7%), cities (12.7%), New York … by projects minus initial jobs reported) was 204,147 as of 2022, an increase of 15.2% from 2021. Total tax exemptions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-releases-annual-ida-reportState Ends 2015-16 Fiscal Year with Strong Cash Position Largely From Temporary Resources
… of $8.9 billion, equal to approximately 5.8 percent of All Funds receipts, the highest proportion since 2000. “New …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/05/state-ends-2015-16-fiscal-year-strong-cash-position-largely-temporary-resourcesDiNapoli: Overtime Costs at State Agencies Reached All-Time High in 2021
… services are provided in a cost-effective manner without excessive use of overtime.” Most of the state’s overtime in … new hiring between Jan. 1, 2012, and Jan. 1, 2021. After a low for this period of roughly 5,700 in 2012, new hires …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/07/dinapoli-overtime-costs-state-agencies-reached-all-time-high-2021State Agencies Bulletin No. 563
… an approved deduction enrollment form, which is available online. State employees will be invited to identify the … SUNY Foundations for individual campuses is available online at: …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/563-suny-foundation-deduction-codesState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the … fiscal years and the current AFR was overdue as of Aug. 9, 2024. The clerk-treasurers also did not file payroll reports … in 2022 and officials are also projecting deficits in 2024. The 2025 proposed budget includes a planned deficit in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0