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State Agencies Bulletin No. 985
… Rate; must be greater than the employee’s current salary; can exceed the Job Rate of the employee’s current grade. … earnings that are automatically calculated by the system (i.e. overtime); agencies must separate earnings by pay period …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/985-retroactive-2010-performance-advances-graded-and-ns-equated-gradeDiNapoli: County Jail Inmates Received Improper Welfare and Unemployment Insurance Benefits
… Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office found that hundreds of county jail inmates received inappropriate payments totaling more … how four of the five counties monitored the eligibility of jail inmates for welfare payments, and by a combination of … the incarceration. In Onondaga County, an individual in jail from May 4, 2011 to May 21, 2012, received $1,542 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2013/10/dinapoli-county-jail-inmates-received-improper-welfare-and-unemployment-insurance-benefitsOpinion 97 - 12
… authorize or approve the contract, or authorize or approve payments thereunder: (b) audit bills or claims under the … Board of the Town of Tuxedo , 69 AD2d 320, 418 NYS2d 638; Conrad v Hinman , 122 Misc 2d 531, 471 NYS2d 521). Thus, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-12Opinion 97-10
… -- Installment Purchase Contracts (authority to use for construction of firehouse) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §109-b: A fire district may not enter into a … would build a structure to be used as a firehouse on real property owned by the fire district and, if so, whether …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-10DiNapoli: Calls to Investigate Violations of Do Not Call Law Going Unanswered
… New York state residents have more than doubled since 2014 to more than 450,000 annually, but only two cases were referred for enforcement action in 2016 and 2017 combined, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … New York state residents have more than doubled since 2014 to more than 450000 annually but only two cases were referred …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/dinapoli-calls-investigate-violations-do-not-call-law-going-unansweredOpinion 91-11
… discussed in the opinion. REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (local law increasing term of office of city engineer) LOCAL LAWS -- … (curtailing powers of elective officers subject to mandatory referendum) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §23(2)(f): A local law which authorizes a city mayor to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-11Opinion 2006-3
… Town Law §64(7) authorizes the town board, after a public hearing, to grant franchises “for the use of the streets, … requirements for the notice and conduct of the public hearing (16 NYCRR §894.7) and, in certain circumstances, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-3Opinion 89-56
… law or pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, for cash incentive payments to employees who identify health … are billed to the town but were not rendered. This is in reply to your letter concerning certain payments proposed to … a self-insured health insurance plan. As an incentive for employees to help identify charges made by health care …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-56XI.17 Protest Procedures – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… Award Protest Procedure ("Protest Procedure"), found at Part 24 of Title 2 of the New York Codes, Rules and … However, even where no appeal is filed with BOC, as part of its review of a contract award, BOC will review the … the Comptroller’s approval. 3 SFL §163(9) (c) states, in part, “A state agency shall, upon request, provide a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi17-protest-proceduresDiNapoli: New York’s Workforce Development Programs Lack Governance and Coordination
… New York state has more than 500 workforce development programs offered by nearly two dozen state agencies and … coordinate planning, to make sure the needs of New Yorkers are met, and resources are used effectively, according to an … help New York recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the programs across the state lack leadership and coordination,” …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-new-yorks-workforce-development-programs-lack-governance-and-coordinationXIII.4.A Employee Travel Card Reconciliation – XIII. Employee Expense Reimbursement
… Policy References Reconciling travel card charges and out-of-pocket expenses is an integral part … event, including expenses that are on the State travel card and an employee’s out-of-pocket expenses. An employee … by creating an expense report, associating the travel card charges and out-of-pocket expenses to the expense …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiii/xiii4a-employee-travel-card-reconciliationOpinion 89-31
… CHARTERS -- City Charters (right to hold recall election) LOCAL LAWS -- Recall Election (authority of city to provide for) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §§10(1)(ii)(a)(1), (c)(1), 37: A city may not provide … a city is authorized under its home rule powers to adopt a local law providing for recall elections, such a procedure …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-31State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… more cost-effective options, because Civil Service, citing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) … Program): Accuracy of Medicaid Eligibility Determined by NY State of Health (Follow-Up) (2022-F-15) The initial audit, … payments stemmed from processing weaknesses in the NY State of Health (NYSOH) system as well as a lack of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-audits-0Implications for the Future – 2022 Financial Condition Report
… The Economic Outlook: Uncertainty Remains As the world faced the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on the … As the world faced the third year of the COVID19 pandemic its impact on the economy continued to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/finance/2022-fcr/implications-futureState Medicaid Bought Erectile Dysfunction Drugs for Sex Offenders
… and erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs and treatments for 47 sex offenders, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. … for ED drugs and treatments for recipients, including sex offenders, that are barred under Medicaid. “There are … and erectile dysfunction ED drugs and treatments for 47 sex offenders according to an audit released today by State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/06/state-medicaid-bought-erectile-dysfunction-drugs-sex-offendersState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of the Afton Central School District , Chateaugay Central … ensure money is being spent appropriately and effectively. The Comptroller’s audits are designed to help schools improve … unrestricted fund balance and reserves were reasonable. The unrestricted fund balance has been well over the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0Opinion 2000-1
… there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. … MUNICIPAL LAW, §50-j; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10; STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE VIII, §1; PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, §18; … to provide the representation. You have also advised us that the village has adopted the provisions of section 18 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-1Division of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-65
… Pay Earnings Code Description D1R 14-15 67 DRP -2.143% Time Entry Earnings Code Description D2R 14-15 67 DRP Oth … Agency Actions – Manual Set Up of the Additional Pay Record Currently Eligible Employees In Administration Pay … composite position (identified by Increment Code 2222) if all positions making up the composite position are in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-65-first-phase-deficit-reduction-plan-rrsu-employeesDivision of Housing and Community Renewal Bulletin No. DH-66
… be set up as follows: Earnings Code: D8R Effective Date: First day the employee is in Bargaining Unit 67 with a … With Pay in Administration Pay Period 12L; otherwise, the first day the employee is in Bargaining Unit 67 with a … the End Date falls; therefore, the agency must submit a positive adjustment (see Processing Adjustments in Time Entry …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/housing-and-community-renewal/dh-66-second-phase-deficit-reduction-plan-rrsu-employeesOpinion 91-33
… moneys which are received by the county treasurer after being paid into court. Specifically, you asked the … and finance on a monthly basis not later than ten days after the last day of each month. This sentence, by its … to "deliver them to the county treasurer within two days after he" received them (CPLR §2601[b]). Now, the requirement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-33