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Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections Slows to 2.4 Percent in First Half of 2014; Long Island and Southern Tier Collections Decline
Growth in Local Sales Tax Collections Slows to 2.4 Percent in First Half of 2014; Long Island and Southern Tier Collections Decline
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/localsalestaxcollections0714.pdfImproper Payments for Services Related to Ordering, Prescribing, Referring, or Attending Providers No Longer Participating in the Medicaid Program (Follow-Up) (2023-F-24)
To assess the extent of implementation of the six recommendations included in our initial audit report, Improper Payments for Services Related to Ordering, Prescribing, Referring, or Attending Providers No Longer Participating in the Medicaid Program (Report 2019-S-72).
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-23f24.pdfMedicaid Program - Improper Payments for Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction Drugs, Procedures, and Supplies Provided to Medicaid Recipients, Including Sex Offenders (2018-S-16)
To determine whether Medicaid recipients, including sex offenders, inappropriately received Medicaid-funded sexual dysfunction and erectile dysfunction ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2019-18s16.pdfOpinion 90-57
… protection district must specify a "definite sum" to be paid each year for all of the services rendered under the … no statutory provisions which regulate the consideration paid to a village under a fire protection contract and, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-57Opinion 92-13
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … in terms of town offices from two to four years) MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §§10(1)(ii)(a)(1),(d)(3), 20(3); TOWN LAW, … not violate the "single subject" requirement of Municipal Home Rule Law, §20(3). You ask whether a town in a county not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-13IX.2.B Terminology – IX. Federal Grants
… Assistance Listing Number (ALN) is a unique five-digit number that identifies federal grants … payment and information system developed in 1995 to provide a single point-of- contact for the request and … Status Report (SF-269). Once a Final Report is filed, it is expected that no further transactions will be processed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix2b-terminologyOpinion 88-46
… corporations or districts on a ratio of full valuations of real property, or on the basis of the amount of services … officer other than the officer having custody of the money. Accordingly, it is our opinion that the proposed board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-46Opinion 92-1
… (mandatory nature of withdrawal provisions); (procedure for withdrawal upon deposit of appropriate securities); … withdrawn); (substitution of certificates of participation for); (types of securities which may be substituted for) … to collect all interest on the securities deposited and pay it to the contractor. A reasonable fee may be imposed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-1Former Treasurer of Putnam Engine & Hose Co. of the Port Chester Volunteer Fire Dept. Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $38,000
… public corruption and encourages the public to help fight fraud and abuse. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving taxpayer money by calling the toll-free Fraud Hotline at 1-888-672-4555, by filing a complaint online …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/former-treasurer-putnam-engine-hose-co-port-chester-volunteer-fire-dept-pleads-guilty-embezzling-moreMedicaid Program – Oversight of Localities' Efforts to Coordinate Veterans' Health Care Benefits Under Medicaid and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
… Medicaid and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The audit covers the period April 1, 2008 through … are also entitled to health care benefits through the VA. While it is a veteran's choice to use a VA health care benefit or a Medicaid benefit, the Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/19/medicaid-program-oversight-localities-efforts-coordinate-veterans-health-care-benefitsMedicaid Program – Improper Payments for Services Related to Ordering, Prescribing, Referring, or Attending Providers No Longer Participating in the Medicaid Program
… the safety of the Medicaid program and its members. Key Findings We identified system processing weaknesses in … for claims that reported an inactive OPRA provider on the claim’s order or service date, including $5.8 million … unqualified, providers are providing Medicaid services. Key Recommendations Review the $965 million in payments to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/04/19/medicaid-program-improper-payments-services-related-ordering-prescribing-referring-orCompliance With the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act and Monitoring and Enforcement of State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Requirements
… Department and local health department within two hours of discovery and to notify the public and affected and adjoining municipalities within four hours of discovery. To ensure appropriate notification, the Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/10/19/compliance-sewage-pollution-right-know-act-and-monitoring-and-enforcement-state-pollutantOpinion 90-11
… pertaining to overtime (Civil Service Law, §201[4]; Spring Valley PBA v Village of Spring Valley , 80 AD2d 910, 437 NYS2d 400; 10 PERB 3043, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-11Opinion 95-15
… to charge public library with proportionate share of tax refund) REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- Refunds … to charge public library with proportionate share of tax refund) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Library appropriation … to charge public library with proportionate share of tax refund) EDUCATION LAW, §§255(1), 259(1); REAL PROPERTY …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-15Opinion 90-2
… to town library) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (contract for library services with, or grant to town library) … is located and which is supported by town-wide taxes, for library services beyond those already available to all … of your letter asking whether a village may contract for library services with a town public library which was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-2Opinion 89-20
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Codes of Ethics (town's code not applicable to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-20Opinion 96-20
… (abolishment in village) REFERENDUM -- Permissive (need for when abolishing village police department) VILLAGE BOARD … thereafter. Since section 8-800 states that the procedure for abolishing a police department applies to departments … that a police department formed under section 188-a is, for purposes of the abolishment provisions of section 8-800, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-20Opinion 94-26
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS -- Assessments … a local law, subject to permissive referendum, to provide for the provisions of article 19-A to be applicable to the … supra; 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-69, p 137). Article 19-A does not limit the authority of a town to establish a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-26Opinion 96-5
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Court Fees (exemption from when counsel to Motor Vehicle … February 14, 1996 Martin H. Brownstein, Clerk of the Court Supreme Court of the State of New York … Whether an exemption …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-5Opinion 94-17
… Levy (inclusion of delinquent solid waste services fees with) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§120-w, 120-cc; MUNICIPAL HOME … including any interest or penalties, may be relevied with the next annual real property tax in accordance with the procedures prescribed in General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17