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Opinion 90-25
… is not obligated to compensate a private water-works corporation for the rental of fire hydrants unless a properly … to your inquiry concerning payments to a water-works corporation for the rental of fire hydrants within a fire … and subsequently entered into a written agreement with the corporation for the rental of the hydrants. You indicate that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-25DiNapoli: L.I.C., Sunnyside and Woodside Are Drivers of Economic Growth in Queens
… in northwest Queens have their own distinct personalities, but together they are contributing to the borough’s business … makes clear the remarkable growth Western Queens has seen, but also the ongoing challenges like housing affordability. … as shown in the State Comptroller's Economic Snapshot. But as exciting as that growth has been, it also presents …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/09/dinapoli-lic-sunnyside-and-woodside-are-drivers-economic-growth-queensDiNapoli Releases East Harlem Economic Snapshot
… done for the working poor and immigrant families that make up this historic neighborhood. Affordable housing, quality … as a councilmanic aide and now as a Council Member, I look forward to seeing East Harlem's economy flourish even … 11 . "East Harlem's entrepreneurial spirit enables us to look past the issues and come up with ideas to do something …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/12/dinapoli-releases-east-harlem-economic-snapshotDiNapoli: The South Bronx Sees Economic Growth Despite Pandemic Challenges
… The COVID-19 pandemic hit the South Bronx especially hard, but the area’s economy … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “The South Bronx was hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic but was resilient because of … being one of the neighborhoods in our borough hardest hit by COVID-19, we are seeing this community rebound as a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-south-bronx-sees-economic-growth-despite-pandemic-challengesCUNY Bulletin No. CU-433
… for all transactions, agencies must process salary changes in the payroll system as timely as possible. Due to the … before submitting these transactions. The procedures in this Bulletin supersede payroll Bulletin CU-112 that was … Increments reported on the Additional Pay page* Changes in percentage of time worked May be reported no more than …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-433-retroactive-transactions-cuny-agenciesOpinion 93-8
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … discussed in the opinion. BONDS OR NOTES -- Variable Rate Obligations (propriety of including a provision to … Whether a variable rate bond or note issued pursuant to Local Finance Law 5490 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-8Opinion 93-16
… employees during regularly assigned work periods) WORDS AND PHRASES -- "Regularly Assigned Work Periods" (meaning for … of certain designated activities, in accordance with a system established by the sponsor ( id .). Such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16Opinion 93-15
… municipality as custodian for the library (1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-54, p 86), unless the library board has appointed a separate treasurer and has demanded in writing that these moneys be paid to the library treasurer. … when the municipal treasurer has custody (1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-57, p 158). Further, even if the treasurer of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-15Opinion 93-21
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … DISTRICTS -- Apparatus and Equipment (procedures for sale of) REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (need for to sell fire truck in … a fire district is required to solicit bids for the sale of an unneeded pumper truck …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-21Opinion 97-20
… or purposes contrary to public policy (see e.g., 1989 Opns St Comp No. 89-16, p 34; 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-88, p 130; 1982 Opns St Comp No. 82-10, p 12; 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-49, p 51; …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-20Opinion 92-44
… v McGuire , 100 Misc 2d 834, 420 NYS2d 248; 1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-25, p 73; 1984 Opns St Comp No. 84-4, p 4; 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-266-A, p 48). In contrast, except when a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-44Opinion 91-57
… in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Finances (comingling library moneys with those of municipal sponsor) -- Public Library (comingling library moneys with those of municipal sponsor) MUNICIPAL … Whether library fund moneys of the village public library may be comingled with moneys of the village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-57Opinion 92-35
… and unexpected results" which might arise from a literal interpretation of the language of a statute (see, e.g., … regard, we believe, as explained below, that a literal interpretation of RPTL, §987 to require notice to a county of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-35Opinion 92-31
… NYS2d 877; Stern v Kramarsky , 84 Misc 2d 447, 375 NYS2d 235; cf . People v Ohrenstein , 77 NY2d 38, 563 NYS2d 744). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-31Opinion 2012-1
… purchases of commodities by a town ( see e.g . 2006 Ops St Comp No. 2006-11, at 32). Unless an exception set forth in … and extent of that interest generally must be disclosed in writing to his or her immediate supervisor and to the … contracts between the firm and the town ( see 2008 Ops St Comp No. 2008-2). The powers and duties of a board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2012-1Opinion 96-24
… (appropriations to capital reserve fund) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (referendum requirements in … General Municipal Law, §6-g governs capital reserve funds in fire districts. Subdivision 2 of section 6-g … appropriations to and expenditures from capital reserve funds are not subject to the fire district's spending …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-24Opinion 96 - 11
… town purpose (see also Town Law, §§81, 220; cf . 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-203, p 216). As a general rule, when real … the real property (Town Law, §64[2]; see, e.g., 1981 Opns St Comp No. 81-5, p 4; cf . County Law, §215(8) and Real … authorized or required to so by State statute (1991 Opns St Comp No. 91-58, p 160 and citations therein). Permissive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-11Opinion 96-1
… Park) TOWN LAW, §176(14); LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §104.10(6); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §6-g(13): If the moneys … the town boundaries State lands assessed at more than 10% of the total assessed valuation of the town, the prior … the town boundaries, State land assessed at more than 10% of the total assessed valuation of the town, as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 2000-19
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Exempt Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent … LAW §§9104, 9105: A benevolent association may use foreign fire insurance tax monies to facilitate access to its meeting … accessible elevator. In order to ensure that foreign fire insurance tax monies are used exclusively for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-19Opinion 2002-11
… FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Programs (point accumulation for responding to both fire and ambulance calls) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §217(c): For purposes of earning a year of firefighting service under … a fire district service award program that provides points for participation in department responses, a volunteer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-11-0