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Opinion 89-14
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … officer may not request persons paying their taxes by mail who desire a tax receipt to include a self-addressed … officer may request that persons paying their taxes by mail and desiring a tax receipt include a self-addressed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-14DiNapoli: State Pension Fund Valued at $246.3 Billion at End of Second Quarter
… and real assets (13.39%) and credit, absolute return strategies, and opportunistic alternatives (6.33%). The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-valued-246-point-3-billion-end-second-quarterVillage of East Hampton – Information Technology (2015M-187)
… 2015. Background The Village of East Hampton is located in the Town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, and has a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2015/11/06/village-east-hampton-information-technology-2015m-187Andes Central School District – Financial Management (2013M-250)
… The Andes Central School District (District) is located in Delaware County. The District is governed by a Board of … levels. They have appropriated funds they have not used in four of the last five fiscal years (2008-09 through … officials used $205,000 of appropriated fund balance in 2011-12, their unreserved fund balance increased to almost …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/12/20/andes-central-school-district-financial-management-2013m-250Westmoreland Central School District – Financial Condition (2014M-283)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the District’s financial activities for the period July 1, 2013 through … overestimating expenditures and appropriating fund balance that was not used to fund operations, the District’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/12/05/westmoreland-central-school-district-financial-condition-2014m-283Schroon Lake Central School District – Financial Condition (2014M-145)
… School District is located in the Towns of Schroon Lake and North Hudson in Essex County and the Town of Chester in Warren County. The District is … District operates one school building with 224 students and 51 employees. The District’s general fund budgeted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/02/20/schroon-lake-central-school-district-financial-condition-2014m-145Oneonta City School District –Financial Condition (2013M-165)
… Background The Oneonta City School District is located in the City of Oneonta, the Towns of Oneonta, Davenport, Laurens, Maryland, and Milford in Otsego County and the Town of Davenport in Delaware County. The District is governed by the Board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/08/30/oneonta-city-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-165Opinion 2006-10
… Accounting (charging a portion of town engineer’s salary to special district); (crediting interest earned on the … LAW §11: In the absence of any statutory direction to the contrary, interest or earnings from the investment of monies of the general fund, town-wide would be credited to the general fund, town-wide and interest or earnings from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-10Village of Hempstead – Budget Review (B7-16-4)
… Purpose of Budget Review The purpose of our budget review was to provide an independent evaluation of the Village’s proposed budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2016/04/07/village-hempstead-budget-review-b7-16-4Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School – School Building Lease (2013M-138)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the School’s process for selecting and negotiating the related financial terms to obtain building space for school operations for the period July 1, 2006, to April 22, 2013. Background The Buffalo Academy of Science …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/07/26/buffalo-academy-science-charter-school-school-building-lease-2013m-138State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… property exemptions were not always properly applied for or supported. Of the 99 property tax exemptions that auditors reviewed, 75 of the exemptions totaling over … records, with no oversight. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsDiNapoli: State Pension Fund Valued at $273.4 Billion at End of Third Quarter
… the nation’s strongest and best-funded public pension funds.” The Fund's third quarter value reflects retirement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/02/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-valued-2734-billion-end-third-quarterDiNapoli: State Pension Fund Value $210.2 Billion
… an estimated value of $210.2 billion, which is subject to change once returns are fully audited. The Fund’s audited … year 2018 was $207.4 billion. “The Fund’s value continued to grow during its 2019 fiscal year and remains well positioned to meet its long term return expectations and provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/05/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-value-2102-billionDiNapoli: State Pension Fund Value $178.1 Billion
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced that the New York State Common Retirement Fund (Fund) earned a 0.19 percent return on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/06/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-value-1781-billionOpinion 88-11
… 833, 498 NYS2d 364; Brooklyn Park Comr's v Armstrong , 45 NY 234; Gewirtz v City of Long Beach , 69 Misc 2d 763, 330 NYS 2d 495, affd 45 AD2d 841, 358 NYS2d 957; see also Parks, … (see also Matter of Central Parkway , 140 Misc 727, 251 NYS 577; cf . Stillwell v Morley , 50 Misc 2d 1012, 272 NYS2d …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-11Real Property Tax Levies, Taxable Full Value and Full Value Tax Rates
… Local Governments: The files below contain real property tax levies, taxable … value and full value tax rates for local governments. Read the data description files to learn about how the tables are … that affect some levy components for counties and towns in 2015 and after. Data Description for 2015 and newer tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/data/real-property-tax-levies-taxable-full-value-and-full-value-tax-ratesOpinion 94-26
… BID within village) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§980-b, 980-k: A town may establish a business improvement district, the … the limitation on district assessments in section 980-k is computed with reference to general town taxes within the … within the area of the town within the village. Article 19-A of the General Municipal Law (§980 et seq.; L 1989, ch …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-26City of Salamanca – Selected Financial Activities (2015M-284)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review City officials’ financial management practices and … did not submit casino revenue claims in a timely manner to the Seneca Nation. The Comptroller did not enforce the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2016/03/04/city-salamanca-selected-financial-activities-2015m-284Falconer Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-52)
… officials did not implement corrective action. As a result, the Board and District officials’ budgeting … the District levying more real property taxes than needed, a significant accumulation of surplus fund balance in excess … funding source for capital projects without voter approval is misleading and continues to further diminish the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/08/09/falconer-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-52Henrietta FD – Audit Follow-Up (2021M-27-F)
… – pdf] Purpose of Review The purpose of our review was to assess the Henrietta Fire District’s (District’s) … and presented budgets indicating the District needed to both increase real property taxes and use appropriated fund balance to close projected budget gaps. As a result, more real …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/04/04/henrietta-fd-audit-follow-2021m-27-f