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Opinion 94-16
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … has been named as one of the depositories for the IDA. You state that the individual in question owns less than 1% of … provisions. Finally, we note that the courts of this State have held public officials to a high standard of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-16Tuition Assistance Program – Wagner College
… whether Wagner College officials complied with the Education Law and the Commissioner of Education’s Rules and … is the largest student grant program administered by the Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) and is designed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/05/19/tuition-assistance-program-wagner-collegeOpinion 90-18
… to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids where so required by General Municipal Law, §103. … provides, with certain exceptions, that: ... all contracts for public work involving an expenditure of more than seven … furnishing the required security after advertisement for sealed bids in the manner provided by this section .... …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-18Opinion 94-18
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (conveyance for … to private not-for-profit corporation) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (transfer of village real property for … FIRE DEPARTMENT -- Villages (existence of fire companies in villages as resulting in incorporation of fire department) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-18Opinion 97-2
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INSURANCE -- Health Insurance (authority to cover former school board members); … (municipal cooperative health benefit plans) -- Self-Insurance (municipal cooperative health benefit plans) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-2Opinion 93-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-24Audit of the Tuition Assistance Program at Stony Brook University
… whether Stony Brook University complied with the Education Law and the Commissioner of Education’s Rules and Regulations … the State University of New York system and is located in Suffolk County on Long Island. Stony Brook offers 68 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/12/26/audit-tuition-assistance-program-stony-brook-universityOpinion 2000-18
… service award program by joint fire district); (authority for service award program established by joint fire district to provide prior service credit for activities performed under auspices of village fire … -- Villages (authority to transfer responsibility for service award program to joint fire district) VILLAGES -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-18Title V Operating Permit Program Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance for the Eight Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2017 (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the five recommendations included in our initial audit report Title V Operating Permit Program Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance for the Eight Fiscal Years Ended March 31, … of Article 72, Title 3 of the Environmental Conservation Law were adequate to cover Program expenses. We found that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/15/title-v-operating-permit-program-revenues-expenditures-and-changes-fund-balance-eightState Agencies Bulletin No. 1133
… and withheld from the payment because of a Treaty or Exemption code. 2010 Form Content 2011Form 1042-S will … received. This code is populated on the employee 1042 Tax Balances page. Box 2 Gross income The amount is the gross … of the withholding allowance(s) as claimed in the Federal Tax Data page. Box 4 Net Income This box is only populated if …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1133-form-1042-s-foreign-persons-us-source-income-subject-withholdingState Agencies Bulletin No. 1058
… 11 Withholding agent’s EIN This box is populated with the Employer Identification Number for the company the Form …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1058-form-1042-s-foreign-persons-us-source-income-subject-withholdingOpinion 2002-10
… provide for the upkeep and repair of such property. You ask whether a town may accept a gift of a privately-owned, … respect to certain cemeteries and burial grounds). … You ask whether a town may accept a gift of a privatelyowned …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10-0Opinion 2002-10
… to acquire by gift as historic property) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (acceptance of gift of privately-owned cemetery … the cemetery, provided that such property falls within the definition of historic and/or cultural place or property in … Whether the property in question falls within that definition is a question of fact to be determined, in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-10Opinion 92-45
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Fees (imposition for … Law, §209-b[1][a]). The squad may render services in cases of accidents, calamities or other emergencies in connection with which the services of firefighters may be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-45Opinion 95-2
… exemption of Public Housing Law, §52. February 16, 1995 Andrew P. Zweben, Esq., Counsel Kingston Housing Authority … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-2Mount Vernon City School District – Procurement of Natural Gas (2019M-91)
… officials did not procure natural gas in accordance with New York State General Municipal Law (GML), at the most favorable … average two times the benchmark rates. May have been able to reduce its natural gas costs by 40 percent or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/04/15/mount-vernon-city-school-district-procurement-natural-gas-2019m-91Overtime Limits for Tier 5
… Overview For members of Tier 5, New York State Retirement and Social … pay above the limit. Overtime limits differ for the Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) and the Police and Fire … (regular earnings, shift differential pay, location pay, longevity payments and top of pay grade bonus) from the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/overtime-limits-tier-5Opinion 88-23
… of construction company) -- Exceptions (no exception for emergency situations) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§801(1)(b), … interest provisions of General Municipal Law, article 18 for contracts entered into in emergency situations. This is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-23Opinion 89-59
… operation and maintenance and capital expenses of a water district You ask whether a town water district may raise the cost of both operation and maintenance … to finance all costs of the special district ( Y.M.C.A. v Rochester Pure Waters District , 44 AD2d 219, 354 NYS2d 201, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-59Opinion 98-7
… three chiefs' cars. The fund would be used to replace one car every two years for an indefinite period of time. At the time of replacement, each car would have been in service for about six years. You also … that such apparatus and equipment includes a chief's car (see 1980 Opns St Comp No. 80-299, unreported; see also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-7