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Opinion 2001-15
… the requirements set forth therein, "provided that the period of three years shall have elapsed since the date of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-15Opinion 94 - 23
… relative to the establishment and extension of fire, fire alarm and fire protection districts. Town Law, §170(1) … of any incorporated village or city or existing fire, fire alarm or fire protection district therein, after a public …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-23XIV.5 Employee Award Programs – XIV. Special Procedures
… OVERVIEW AND POLICIES The purpose of this section is to outline the issues Business Unit personnel should be aware … recognition awards and achievement awards. In addition to these guidelines, individual award programs may have … each type of program, Business Units should also refer to any specific guidelines issued regarding the programs such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv5-employee-award-programsContinuing Crisis: Drug Overdose Deaths in New York
… Message from the Comptroller Any death caused by misuse of legal or illicit drugs is a tragedy, depriving families of … use.” 19 These findings, the authors stated, suggest the need for “a multi-pronged approach to both prevention and treatment.” 20 Both studies emphasize the need to understand the motivations or drivers of misuse, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/continuing-crisis-drug-overdose-deaths-new-yorkNew York State’s Aging Prison Population: Share of Older Adults Keeps Rising
… individuals with opportunities to find success upon release, and ensuring the wise use of public resources. In … age 50 and over increased marginally over the same time period. Of more significance, individuals who were at … Health, Mental Health and Programming,” Corrections Today (August 2008) – found that 56 percent of state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/new-york-states-aging-prison-population-share-older-adults-keeps-risingOpinion 92-8
… BONDS AND NOTES -- Permissible uses (financing non-federal share of federally-aided city bridge project) -- Proceeds … (issuance of obligations to finance non-federal share of federally-aided city bridge project) HIGHWAY LAW, … and notes issued by the city to finance the non-federal share of a federally-aided city bridge project. You ask …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-8Examination of Procurement Card Payments
… when purchasing $1.6 million in goods and services from 12 vendors during the period January 1, 2016 through December … Pursuant to State Finance Law §112, agency contracts over $50,000 in amount must be approved by the Office of the State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/03/09/examination-procurement-card-paymentsOpinion 88-58
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … (referendum requirements for fund established for type of improvement) STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Highway Garage … $40000 from a capital reserve fund for the construction of a highway garage …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-58Opinion 91-41
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REFERENDUM -- Tax Limitation (authority by … tax increases is not one of the specific listed questions in Town Law, §81. Further, although Town Law, §81(1)(e) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-41Opinion 89-18
… from regular job while attending required basic course of assessors' training) TOWN ASSESSOR -- Training (reimbursement … from regular job while attending required basic course of assessors' training) -- (authority to recover unauthorized … providing for reimbursement by municipal corporations and fire districts to volunteer firefighters for certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18City of Long Beach – Budget Review (B7-15-14)
… and expenditure projections in the City’s tentative budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year are reasonable. Background The … fund operating deficits to submit their proposed budgets for the next fiscal year to the State Comptroller for review while the deficit obligations are outstanding. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2015/05/08/city-long-beach-budget-review-b7-15-14Comptroller DiNapoli and Acting Nassau County DA Singas: Pension Scammer Sentenced
… Fire Retirement System $465,647, as part of his sentence today for defrauding the retirement system in a … and Fire Retirement System $465647 as part of his sentence today for defrauding the retirement system in a doubledipping …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/comptroller-dinapoli-and-acting-nassau-county-da-singas-pension-scammer-sentencedOpinion 91-49
… advised us that the county owns fee simple title to the road bed. Highway Law, §131-b(1) provides that a county … 329; Opn No. 82-104, supra , relative to abandonment of a road if the municipality does not have fee title; 20 Opns St … Highway Law, §118-a may require that the abandoned county road be conveyed to adjacent property owners in certain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-49Opinion 88-68
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. ZONING AND PLANNING -- Planning Boards … for subdivision approval constitutes a "contract" with the meaning of General Municipal Law, §800(2), and, even if it … §809 also may not be applicable to a planning board member in such circumstances. You ask if a member of a town planning …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-68Abandoned Property
… – To include unclaimed virtual currency within the scope of property covered under the abandoned property law, shorten the dormancy period for wages, and … To include unclaimed virtual currency within the scope of property covered under the abandoned property law shorten …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/abandoned-propertyOpinion 90-53
… (authority to contract out functions of village road commissioner) -- Permissible Functions (discretionary … Contractor (authority to contract out functions of village road commissioner) FEES -- Retention of (by independent … to perform the functions of a building inspector or deputy road commissioner. A village may, however, contract with a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-53Opinion 2000-6
… service award program for a village fire department rests with the village (see also 1990 Opns St Comp No. 90-57, p … , supra. In Wilcox, however, the Appellate Division quoted with approval a passage from the decision of the court below …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6Opinion 90-46
… CLERK -- Fees (refund by State of county's portion of index fees) FEES -- Court Fees (refund by State of county's portion of index fees) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §8018; JUDICIARY … §8(15): A county is entitled to retain $5.00 of each court index fee of $100.00 collected by a county clerk pursuant to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-46Overtime Limits for Tier 6
… calculation of your final average earnings (FAE) , which is used to determine your NYSLRS pension. If you earn more … (Return to Top) PFRS Tier 6 Members Your overtime limit is 15 percent of your pensionable, non-overtime earnings … in the calculation of your final average earnings which is used to determine your pension is subject to an annual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/overtime-limits-tier-6Opinion 94-4
… rise or origin to a claim may be executed by a signature stamp affixed with the intent to execute the statement, … or may contain a signature affixed by a signature stamp. Town Law, §118(1) provides that, with certain … have concluded that a town justice may affix a signature stamp upon his or her docket books (30 Opns St Comp, 1974, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-4