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Corrupt Orange County IDA Officials Ordered to Repay Over $1 Million
… with Orange County District Attorney Hoovler and the New Windsor Police that we were able to bring their crimes to … County District Attorney’s Office and the Town of New Windsor Police Department. Since taking office in 2007, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/09/corrupt-orange-county-ida-officials-ordered-repay-over-1-millionHeat and Hot Water Complaints
… the New York City (NYC) Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) addresses heat and hot water complaints timely, issues notices of violation, and seeks the imposition and collection of penalties as … the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development addresses heat and hot water complaints …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/24/heat-and-hot-water-complaintsOpinion 89-33
… opinion. CLAIMS -- Audit (necessity to pre-audit claims for compensation of village officers and employees) VILLAGE … compensation of appointive village officers and employees for services may be paid without prior audit by the board of … such prior audit. You ask whether budgeted compensation for appointive village officers and employees may be paid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-33How to Make a Vendor Responsibility Determination
… the vendor has: appropriate financial, organization and operational capacity and controls; appropriate legal … contracts. You should consider any information that comes to your attention and work with the vendor to address any negative information. Things … You should consider any information that comes to your attention and work with the vendor to address any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-vendors/vendrep/how-make-vendor-responsibility-determinationDiNapoli: Former Essex County Fair Treasurer and Willsboro Town Clerk Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $90,000 From the Essex County Agricultural Society and Town
… trust by disregarding the law and stealing funds she was not entitled to,” James said. “We will continue to … loan on behalf of the fair, which the society’s board was unaware of and did not approve, in order to cover up her … light of her actions as the fair treasurer, an examination was launched into her activities in the Town of Willsboro. An …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/05/dinapoli-former-essex-county-fair-treasurer-and-willsboro-town-clerk-pleads-guilty-stealing-nearlyDiNapoli Releases Analysis of Federal Funding for New York City
… New York City’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 operating budget relies on $7.4 billion in federal … at least $535 million of federal aid in FY 2025 and FY 2026, but notes that nearly all federal operating aid that … to nearly $400 million in FY 2025 and $135 million in FY 2026. However, this only considers budgeted amounts as of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/04/dinapoli-releases-analysis-federal-funding-new-york-cityXIV.14.L Asset Retirement Obligations – XIV. Special Procedures
… OBLIGATION DEFINITION An asset retirement obligation (ARO) is a legally enforceable liability associated with the … tanks X-ray machines Certain laboratory equipment This is not an exhaustive list. Agencies should consider the … requires that recognition of the liability occur when it is both incurred and reasonable estimable. In order for a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-xiv/xiv14l-asset-retirement-obligationsOpinion 98-1
… St Comp, 1966, p 745; cf . 22 Opns St Comp, 1966, p 228; Amherst v Gross , 80 AD2d 719, 437 NYS2d 137, holding that … bidding (see, e.g., 22 Opns St Comp, 1966, supra ; Amherst v Gross , supra ). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-1State Agencies Bulletin No. 747
… Code of ANN Effective Date(s) Merit Step payments for October 2007 are payable: September 27, 2007 for Institution Pay Period 14L, paychecks … Basis Code of ANN . PEF employees must be in grade 4 or 7 through 18. Employees must be Active, on Paid Leave of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/747-october-2007-merit-step-eligibility-information-employees-representedOpinion 2008-1
… to school district) -- Exceptions (contracts with not-for-profit-corporations) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§ 800(2), … board member serves as a trustee and, assuming disclosure is not otherwise required by General Municipal Law § 803, … § 803 [1]). The written disclosure must be included in the official record of the governing body's proceedings ( id .). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-1DiNapoli: Brooklyn Leads NYC’s Economic Recovery
… recovery that outpace the rest of New York City and point to a strong rebound for the city’s most populous borough, according to an analysis released today by New York State Comptroller … gradually improved, however, Brooklyn is showing a return to its pre-pandemic job growth. To help the borough bounce …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/05/dinapoli-brooklyn-leads-nycs-economic-recoveryOpinion 99-11
… CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -- Gifts and Loans (authority to provide framed bond as token of appreciation to retiring employee) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and … PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- Award Program (authority to provide framed bond as token of appreciation to retiring …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-11Opinion 93-3
… for professional services (see, e.g., People ex rel. Smith v Flagg , 17 NY 584). Generally, professional services which fall within … in the performance of the contract (see People ex rel. Smith , supra ; Trane Co. v County of Broome , 76 AD2d 1015, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-3Opinion 93-28
… of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer represent those views … be expended in accordance with the agreement, section 279 was repealed and section 282 rendered ineffective by the … We believe the failure to substitute a reference to CHIPs was inadvertent. It is clear that the CHIPs program was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-28Opinion 93-10
… HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a)(3): A non-charter county must keep its offices open on the day after Thanksgiving and may … the transaction of ordinary business at county offices. You ask whether the offices of a non-charter county are … Therefore, pursuant to County Law, §206-a, the county must keep its offices open on the day after Thanksgiving (see also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-10Opinion 98-17
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Whether a town may confer the benefits of Public Officers Law 18 upon employees of a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-17Opinion 97-22
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BONDS AND NOTES -- Permissible Uses … of a dormitory for the county community college. This is in reply to your letter concerning a proposal to build a … and duties of the college board of trustees and the county in this regard, and not those of the Board of Trustees of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-22Opinion 97-18
… in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Improvement Districts (sale of real property of a county sewer district) -- Real Property (sale of real property of county sewer district) IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS … Whether the sale of the real property used for a county sewer district must be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-18Opinion 92-47
… the general fund and used for any lawful county purpose. You ask whether a county must segregate Emergency 911 (E911) System surcharge moneys in a "separate account". You also ask whether interest earned on such surcharge moneys …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-47Opinion 92-46
… CONTRACTS -- Bidding Monetary Threshold (computation of for various items used at youth center) GENERAL MUNICIPAL … The purchase of kitchen utensils, furniture, books and sports equipment to be used at a village youth center need … by a village of kitchen utensils, furniture, books and sports equipment to be used at a village youth center should …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-46