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Opinion 96-16
… of a town water district for the construction of a new town hall. This is in response to your letter concerning the … excess proceeds from the sale for the construction of a new town hall if the town board submits a proposition on this … the excess proceeds from sale for the construction of a new town hall or whether special legislation is necessary to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-16Opinion 92-42
… there is no requirement in section 64(2) that the town pay only cash consideration under a lease ( cf . Clintwood …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-42Opinion 2003-7
… trust, park land trust moneys, as a rule, may be expended only to acquire additional park land or to construct, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-7Opinion 2007-5
… valuations. Absent a special act to the contrary (see 1980 Ops St Comp No. 80-551), those are the only circumstances … maturity" (General Municipal Law § 6-c [4]; see also 1989 Ops St Comp No. 89-36, at 87). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-5Opinion 92-25
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Powers and Duties (riding on fire vehicles during emergency calls) TOWN LAW, §§176(11), 176-a: A board of fire commissioners may adopt regulations authorizing a fire … the provisions of section 17611 of the Town Law preclude a fire district commissioner who is not a member of the fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-25Opinion 92-38
… 555). This procedure is then required to continue until a full set of officers is approved. If a village has no … Village Law, §§4-412, 10-1014; People ex rel. Wallace v Carpenter , 77 Misc 244, 135 NYS 593). Since section 10-1012 … however, that it is a general rule that a legislative body of a public corporation may, subject to its own rules …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-38State Agencies Bulletin No. 1097
… Employees Agencies that submit retroactive transactions on behalf of their employees Effective Date(s) Immediately … documentation has been received by OSC and that agencies have received prior approval by the Bureau Director of OSC … submitted. Transactions retroactive a year or more which do not have prior approval will be denied. The following …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1097-retroactive-transactions-executive-branch-agenciesOpinion 94-12
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … to construct, maintain and operate, with the lessee's own funds, a building on the vacant land, subject to … expense, to construct, maintain and operate a building on the property. Town Law, §176(14) authorizes a fire district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-12Opinion 88-7
… debt service need not be paid from the assessments. 4 Opns St Comp, 1948, p 315 superseded. You ask whether 4 Opns St Comp, 1948, p 315 (File No. 3046) reflects the current … balance of an appropriation." We note that 4 Opns St Comp, 1948, p 315 failed to consider that Local Finance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-7DiNapoli: Fix Delays With Child Support Payments
… five years. For the three-year period ended Dec. 31, 2016, only five counties – Nassau, New York City, Oneida, Suffolk, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/dinapoli-fix-delays-child-support-paymentsOpinion 2007-4
… be reserved and carried over into an ensuing fiscal year only “for stated purposes pursuant to law”. Article 2 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-4Opinion 2002-13
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (funding fire department sports or recreational teams); (paying expenses of fire departments' annual fund-raising drive) INSURANCE LAW … Whether foreign fire insurance tax monies received by a fire district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13Opinion 88-10
… tax imposed under article 13 of the Tax Law to its bid price unless the contract so provides. You have asked whether … on a county contract for fuel oil may add on to his bid price, as a separate line item on his bill, an amount for the … item or by calculating it as part of the basic selling price ( cf. Shell Oil v Tax Commission , 91 AD2d 81, 458 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-10Opinion 91-62
… may require". Section 1-102 does not expressly state that only property which is no longer needed for village purposes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-62IX.7.E Disaster Assistance – IX. Federal Grants
… The Disaster Assistance Accounting process will be used each time there is … of costs to the DHS01 GLBU and central disaster assistance programs and another will be created to support … The Disaster Assistance Accounting process will be used each time there is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix7e-disaster-assistanceOpinion 90-34
… We have previously concluded that since section 209-b only authorizes emergency rescue and first aid squads to be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-34Opinion 95-5
… discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Emergency (911) Telephone System (use of surplus surcharge revenue to pay … a county which has implemented the enhanced emergency telephone system (E911) surcharge authorized by County Law, … and administration by counties of enhanced emergency telephone service ("E911"). Generally, Article 6 provides …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-5Opinion 2000-9
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … industrial development agency may not determine at the end of a year to provide additional compensation as an … an annual salary and an extra lump sum amount at the end of the year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-9The Prevalence and Cost of Asthma in New York State, April 2014
Asthma is a major public health problem in New York State and nationally.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/special-topics/pdf/health-asthma-2014.pdfHealth and Safety of Children in Foster Care (2016-N-2) 90-Day Response
To determine whether the New York City Administration for Children's Services takes sufficient steps to ensure the health and safety of the children ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2018-16n2-response.pdf