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Opinion 2000-19
… question is governed by the Laws of 1940, chapter 73, §4 (Nassau County Civil Divisions Act §612.0 et seq.). Insofar as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-19Opinion 2002-11
… GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §217(c): For purposes of earning a year of firefighting service under a fire district service … 217(c) of the General Municipal Law provides that "[a] year of firefighting service shall be credited under a service award program for each calendar year after establishment of the program in which an active …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-11-0Opinion 2002-11
… GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §217(c): For purposes of earning a year of firefighting service under a fire district service … 217(c) of the General Municipal Law provides that "[a] year of firefighting service shall be credited under a service award program for each calendar year after establishment of the program in which an active …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-11State Agencies Bulletin No. 598
… a meal while the employee is working in an overtime capacity. General Eligibility Rules The attachment lists … overtime status and payment conditions. These rules and requirements are general and should apply to most employees. … the employee's work on that holiday is in an overtime capacity. An employee who leaves work at the end of the day …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/598-eligibility-and-processing-overtime-meal-allowances-executive-agenciesCorrupt Orange County IDA Officials Ordered to Repay Over $1 Million
New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli and Orange County District Attorney David M Hoovler announced that three former officials of the Orange County Industrial Development Agency IDA who pleaded guilty in June to corruption charges were sentenced today
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/corrupt-orange-county-ida-officials-ordered-repay-over-1-millionHeat and Hot Water Complaints
… water. Insufficient heat can pose safety risks, especially for vulnerable populations, and the use of kitchen ovens and … agency. Its Code Enforcement Division is responsible for ensuring that residential building owners comply with … NYC’s Housing Maintenance Code (Code) and the New York State Multiple Dwelling Law. In accordance with the Code, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/24/heat-and-hot-water-complaintsOpinion 91-57
… Financial Management Guide, Cash Management and Investment Policies and Procedures, subsection 2.0020). … is the library board of trustees which may authorize the investment of library moneys even when the moneys are held in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-57Opinion 91-19
… fire districts to purchase apparatus and equipment for the extinguishment and prevention of fires. Although … There is no express or implied statutory authority for a fire district to make a gift of fire district property …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-19Opinion 91-16
… 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-91-16Opinion 96 - 11
… Opns St Comp, 1973, p 165; 26 Opns St Comp, 1970, p 242; 16 Opns St Comp, 1960, p 419; 14 Opns St Comp, 1958, p 213). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-11Opinion 96-1
… district) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (purchase of real property - need for State Comptroller approval in … State Comptroller approval in Adirondack fire district) REAL PROPERTY -- Purchase (need for State Comptroller … §6-g(13): If the moneys necessary to fund the purchase of real property by a fire district are to be provided from a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-1Opinion 2002-7
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Appropriations and Expenditures … of the library. Thus, library funds, whether held in the custody of the library treasurer, or by the municipal … remain the property of the library and surplus monies in a municipal or school district public library fund, or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7Opinion 2004-6
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. HISTORIC PRESERVATION -- Contracts (by … permit the historical society to use the unneeded space in a municipal building, without payment of cash rent, so … is at least equal to the value of the use of the space in the building. You ask whether a village may permit an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-6Opinion 94-17
… by local law, may provide that unpaid user fees imposed to finance the cost of recycling services, including any … a refuse hauler. It is clear that cities are authorized to enter into contracts to provide for a system of collection … fees in arrears as of thirty days prior to the last date prescribed by law for the annexation of the warrant to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-17Opinion 91-35
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-35Opinion 90-45
… , 23 Misc 2d 318, 202 NYS2d 133; Gen. Bldg Contractors v City of Syracuse , 40 AD2d 584, 334 NYS2d 730, mod on other …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-45Opinion 90-35
… the monetary threshold (see, e.g., Walton v Mayor , 26 App Div 76, 49 NYS 615; 1A Antieau, Municipal Corporation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-35Opinion 95-14
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular … fire insurance tax moneys except as otherwise provided in any special law. 1 These sections provide that the foreign … moneys to be expended for a purpose which the treasurer, in good faith, believes to be illegal or improper, even if …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-14Opinion 94-3
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. STATE COMPTROLLER -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-3Opinion 94-26
… district, exclusive of debt service, levied in a given year may not exceed twenty percent of the total "general municipal taxes" levied in that year against the taxable real property in the district. It … the "municipality" is permitted by law to raise in that year by real property tax. It is evident that the terms …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-26