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Opinion 2000-15
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … FIREFIGHTERS - Eligibility (of out-of-state firefighter to volunteer on on-going basis) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§209-i, 462: A volunteer firefighter from an out-of-state fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-15Opinion 90-23
… BONDS AND NOTES -- Debt Limit (exclusion from - cities of Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse) STATE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE … village or school district to contract indebtedness ..." (NY Const, art 8, §12). Pursuant to this reservation of power, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-23Opinion 96-23
… (for court fees) CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, §8017: Section 8017 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules does not grant a broad exemption to towns, or other municipalities (except … is impermissible (McKinney's Cons Law of N.Y. Book 1, Statutes, §§76, 232). The language of this section clearly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-23Opinion 90-30
… discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Fees (exception from payment of) COUNTY CLERK -- Fees (for recording satisfaction … such deed or mortgage may redeem the same, generally, by payment of all expenses incurred for the support of the … of mortgages. Real Property Law, §275 provides that upon payment in full of the principal and interest due on a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-30Opinion 89-29
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY -- Sale (authority of village … exchange property with a federal agency) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §72-h; VILLAGE LAW, §1-102(1): A village may acquire a … property rather than an outright sale of its land. This is in reply to your letter in which you ask whether, in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-29Opinion 95-20
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … Esq., Counsel Office of Court Administration … Whether a surrogates court should charge a petitioner one filing fee or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-20Opinion 91-64
… York , 26 App Div 76, 49 NYS 615 [1898]). However, this does not mean that a political subdivision may not award …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-64Opinion 98-2
… 176-a(1): The board of fire commissioners may adopt a rule or regulation limiting, controlling or prohibiting the … at a fire scene and, even in the absence of such a rule or regulation, the chief of the fire district fire … powers, the board of fire commissioners could adopt a rule or regulation limiting, controlling or prohibiting the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-2Opinion 92-8
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … municipality is authorized by law to pay to the state or a county all or a part of the cost of a capital improvement, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-8Opinion 89-25
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (use of moneys in to pay debt service) -- Repair Reserve Fund (transfer of … town sewer districts); (authority to sell excess capacity in sewage treatment plant) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§6-c, 6-d, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-25Opinion 2010-4
… subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. AMBULANCE SERVICE … company) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§ 122-b (5), 209-b (3-a) (a): A fire district that has in its fire department an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2010-4Sochi Olympics Follow-up Letter
etter to corporations that failed to respond to earlier request that they use their influence to ensure the protection of human rights.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/press/pdf/sochi-olympics-follow-up-letter.pdfOpinion 90-3
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. SALES TAX -- Distribution (method of … -- County Taxes (method of computing full valuation) TAX LAW, §1262(d),(f); REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §§840(1), 844(1): …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-3Opinion 89-40
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-40Opinion 88-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … each installment since, if the judgment debtor leaves the State or otherwise becomes immune from execution, the sheriff …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-16Opinion 95-6
… -- Distribution by State Comptroller (fines and penalties for speeding violations in suburban town); (fines and penalties for violations of traffic control signals) -- Remission to … §1180-a, setting forth maximum speed limits). Further, for purposes of this opinion, we assume that your reference …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-6Opinion 94-32
… (see General Municipal Law, §215[1]; see also 1988 NYS Legislative Annual, p. 307). Thus, although it is not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-32Opinion 92-40
… of users, subject to equal protection guarantees (see NY Const, art 1, §11; AA & M Carting v Town of Hempstead , … by a municipality without express statutory authority (see NY Const., art XVI, §1; Sonmax, Inc. v City of New York , 43 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-40Opinion 96-17
… of volunteer firefighters attending emergency medical service conference); (reimbursement of volunteer firefighters …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-17Opinion 89-59
… water rates in an amount which would be sufficient to pay the cost of both maintenance and operation and debt …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-59