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Opinion 99-16
… Conditions (indemnification provision in custodial bank agreement) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (authority to indemnify … MUNICIPAL LAW, §10: A town may enter into a custodial agreement under which the custodial bank will be indemnified … of an indemnification provision in a proposed custodial agreement. You indicate that the town intends to enter into a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-16Opinion 2007-2
… Board of Elections (liability for expenses of); (authority to charge back expenses of); (method of charging back … 4-136 and 4-138: Counties may, but are not required to, charge back to towns and cities all or a portion of the types of expenses … Whether amendments made to the Election Law require or permit the chargeback of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-2Opinion 90-52
… MUNICIPAL LAW, §35: Although the town clerk is required to record in the minutes of a town board meeting the name of … board who is present, the clerk is under no statutory duty to record the names of other persons attending the meeting. A decision to publish the minutes of a town board meeting must be made …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-52Opinion 2006-3
… gen.,103 NY Jur 2d, Telecommunications, §191). In this case, the public highways and rights of way within the area …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-3Opinion 88-54
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … district may be extended prior to December 31, and, if so, what time table must be followed for the extension of the … Whether the consolidated district may be extended prior to December …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-54Opinion 92-2
… in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Taxes (authority to use general fire district funds to pay amounts due under contract for hydrants serving a zone) FIRE HYDRANTS -- Fire Districts (authority to use general fire district funds to pay amounts due under … the permissible means of financing an expenditure to be made on behalf of a zone established within a fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-2Opinion 98-2
… equipment at fire) FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Reimbursement for Expenses (dinners after board meeting) FIRE DISTRICTS -- … at fire) -- Appropriations and Expenditures (dinners for fire commissioners) TOWN LAW, §178-c: A fire district may not pay for post-meeting dinners of members of a fire district board …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-2Controls Over CUNY Fully Integrated Resources and Services Tool
… Purpose To determine whether the City University of New York (CUNY) adequately controls access to the CUNY … is an Enterprise Resource Program. The objective of CUNYfirst was to replace CUNY’s legacy systems with an integrated and flexible state-of-the-art solution. During its early phases, CUNYfirst …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/09/02/controls-over-cuny-fully-integrated-resources-and-services-toolComptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… distributing paychecks and processing direct deposits for employees’ pay. Buffalo United Charter School – Financial … approved by a previous board in 2011. NHA is responsible for the general management and control of the school’s … While each activity had a properly authorized activity application, deposit breakdowns and completed profit/loss …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/04/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsOpinion 92-18
… 'tipping fees' charged for each ton disposed". It appears from your letter that despite the town's waste flow control … such authority. Benefit assessments are distinguishable from taxes in that they are ". . . impositions for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-18Opinion 88-26
… Uses (financing construction of building by town for State Police use) NEW YORK CONSTITUTION, ART. VIII, §2; EXECUTIVE … the construction of a building for use by the State Police on land owned by the State so long as the town retains … You ask whether a town may construct a building for State Police use on State land located in the town and finance the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-26Opinion 2005-5
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE PROTECTION -- Police Chief (entitlement to increase in compensation when … Whether the police chief is entitled to a monetary payment in the amount …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2005-5Opinion 88-66
… programs); (authority to release copyright) -- Powers and Duties (authority to market computer programs; (authority … as a compilation, as an instructional text, as a test, as answer material for a test, or as an atlas, if the parties … charts, tables, editorial notes, musical arrangements, answer material for tests, bibliographies, appendixes, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-66Opinion 97-26
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … of assessment, belong to the fire district after the zone is abolished. This is in reply to your letter regarding the establishment of … Whether it is in the public interest to establish the proposed zones …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-26Opinion 92-56
… 116: A town whose town board is authorized by special act to appoint a town manager "upon such terms and conditions ... … manager. You ask whether the Town of Fallsburg, pursuant to chapter 791 of the laws of 1972, may pay its town manager … indicate that such allowance would be paid without regard to actual mileage traveled. Chapter 791 created the position …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-56DiNapoli: Outreach Failure Contributes to Rise in Subway Homeless Population
… had called in sick. March 20, 2019 at Crown Heights/Utica Ave. (3/4) station and Utica Ave. (A/C) station. Outreach workers didn’t show at these … Sq NQR” and “’I’M OKAY F Train Unknown’ at 14th Street-6th Ave FLM.” While some people may resist giving their names, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/01/dinapoli-outreach-failure-contributes-rise-subway-homeless-populationState Police Bulletin No. SP-40
… End Date 6/06/01 Earnings Code PRB Amount $700 or $1,400 Payroll Register and Employee's Check The earnings code PRB and the amount will be displayed on the payroll register. The earnings description Productivity Bonus … will be displayed on the employee's pay stub. Questions Payroll related questions should be directed to your OSC …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-police/sp-40-2000-and-2001-productivity-bonus-payments-employees-represented-policeOneida County – Court and Trust Funds (2023-C&T-3)
… – pdf] Purpose of Review The purpose of our review was to determine whether County officials have established appropriate controls to safeguard and account for court and trust funds for the … The purpose of our review was to determine whether County officials have established …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/court-and-trust/2023/12/29/oneida-county-court-and-trust-funds-2023-ct-3Tioga County – Court and Trust Funds (2023-C&T-1)
… appropriate controls to safeguard and account for court and trust funds for the period January 1, 2020 through May 31, 2023. Background Pursuant to a court order, certain assets may be provided to the court and then delivered to the County Treasurer (Treasurer) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2023/07/14/tioga-county-court-and-trust-funds-2023-ct-1Cohoes Housing Authority – Internal Controls Over Payroll (2013M-373)
… the Authority’s payroll process for the period October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. Background The Cohoes … The Office Administrator performed all payroll functions with little or no supervision. There is inadequate oversight … employees’ hours worked. The Board did not establish pay rates for part-time employees in either a policy or by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2014/03/07/cohoes-housing-authority-internal-controls-over-payroll-2013m-373