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Opinion 92-54
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Banking Transactions … LAW, §60.10: A prospective appointee to fill a vacancy in the office of town supervisor who is an officer and stockholder of a bank would have a prohibited interest in the designation of the bank as a town depository, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-54Opinion 2001-9
… employee or director (General Municipal Law §800[3][b],[c]). Pursuant to General Municipal Law §801(1), unless an … the contract or authorize or approve payment thereunder, (b) audit bills or claims under the contract, or (c) appoint …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-9Opinion 2002-1
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REFERENDUM -- Mandatory (content of proposition to establish a service award program for volunteer firefighters); (need for when … authorizing the establishment of the program must state, in addition to certain other information, the extent to which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-1Resources and Responsibilities: New York State’s Environmental Funding
… decades later, DEC programs range widely, from managing fish and game populations and overseeing the extraction of … populations and issuing licenses to hunt, trap and fish. Overseeing mining and oil and gas extraction in the … environment and, with regard to resources such as fish and wildlife, to ensure that populations can be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/resources-and-responsibilities-new-york-states-environmental-fundingDiNapoli Releases Economic Report on the Bronx
… the gains it has made in recent years. “More than a year of sustained damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has … that time, the borough’s immigrant population rose by 38.8 percent. From 2017 through 2019 the overall population saw … Rates Death Rates Hispanic or Latino 9,315 1,414 375 White 8,003 1,062 248 Asian American and Pacific Islander 7,252 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/06/dinapoli-releases-economic-report-bronxFood Insecurity Persists Post-Pandemic
… average three calendar years of data. Source: USDA reports on Household Food Security in the United States, 2014 – 2022, … and higher Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Another likely explanation for the increase is food price inflation. Other factors could include changes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/food-insecurity-persists-post-pandemicXII.6.Q Paying and Reconciling State Credit Card Charges – XII. Expenditures
… This Section provides Business Units with guidance on how pay and reconcile charges to the State Procurement, Travel and Net Cards within the … within the Statewide Financial System (SFS). In addition to the guidance contained in this section, agencies and State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6q-paying-and-reconciling-state-credit-card-chargesOpinion 95-24
… -- Mandatory Reserve Funds (criteria for establishing) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (use of State aid); … inhabitants which receives State aid on behalf of the city school district on account of a school building project for which indebtedness was contracted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-24State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… today the following audits have been issued. Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS): Oversight of Residential Domestic Violence Programs (Follow-Up) … in April 2018 determined, based on the amount and quality of information provided by OCFS, that the agency did not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsLife Changes: Applying for Disability Retirement
… A Message from Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli No one likes to think they may become permanently disabled, but the truth … can happen to anyone at any time. If you become disabled, and cannot perform the duties of your position, it will be … for you to learn about the benefits you could receive and how to apply for those benefits. This booklet describes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/life-changes-applying-disability-retirementDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions for March 2016
… of General Services $9.3 million for seven contracts for road paving materials including $4.1 million to Suit-Kote Corp. and $1.6 million to Peckham Road Corp. $9 million to construct a State Police Forensic ID … million to IIT Inc. Department of Health $86 million to O’Connell & Aronowitz PC and $73.3 million to Hinman Straub …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/04/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-march-2016DiNapoli Report Examines Troubling Child Poverty Trends
… a child poverty rate that is one of the worst in the nation and alarmingly high in some cities. “A staggering … York state’s child poverty rate is one of the worst in the nation. New York ranked 41 st in the nation in 2022. The rate was at least six percentage points …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/05/dinapoli-report-examines-troubling-child-poverty-trendsDiNapoli Announces State Contract and Payment Actions For December 2016
… million for 72 grants to cultural organizations including: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society; American Museum of … protection. $580,000 with Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Resource Agencies for Northeast Wildlife … to the Housing Trust Fund Corp. to administer the Better Buffalo Fund’s Main Street Initiative which helps revitalize …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-and-payment-actions-december-2016Opinion 90-57
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (need for referendum on contract to receive fire protection from village with service award program) FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Contracts (cost of service … award program for the volunteer firefighters of a village fire department is subject to mandatory referendum in one or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-57Opinion 90-39
… tax or user fee on behalf of a fire district) TOWN LAW, §181(1); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(i),(ii)(a)(9-a): A … the North Shore v Incorporated Village of Rosyln Harbor , 40 NY2d 158, 386 NYS2d 198; Joslin v Regan , 63 AD2d 466, 406 … from them" ( Jewish Reconstructionist Synagogue , supra , 40 NY2d at p 163, 386 NYS2d at p 200; emphasis in original), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-39Opinion 2006-11
… board member has an interest in town purchases from an auto parts store solely because the board member is an … or performance of any portion of town orders from the auto parts store, he or she is paid a salary by the store and … a prohibited interest if the town makes purchases from an auto parts store that employs the board member as its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-11Opinion 2008-1
… with not-for-profit-corporations) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§ 800(2), 802(1)(f), 803: A school board member would not have … § 1709 [12]). Article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§§ 800 et seq .) contains provisions of law that relate to … district officers and employees (General Municipal Law § 800 [4], [5]). Pursuant to General Municipal Law § 800 (3), a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-1Opinion 89-32
… lease or the renewal. General Municipal Law, Article 18 (§800 et seq .) contains provisions of law relative to … provisions of General Municipal Law, §801 (1986 Opns St Comp No. 86-7, p 11; 1979 Opns St Comp No. 79-146, p 28). … August 30, 1989 Nancy Rhodes, Treasurer County of Hamilton …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-32Opinion 92-9
… (see Wiseman v American Motors Sales Corp , 103 AD2d 230, 479 NYS2d 528; Spector v Antenna and Radome Research …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-9Opinion 2000-6
… service award program for a village fire department rests with the village (see also 1990 Opns St Comp No. 90-57, p … , supra. In Wilcox, however, the Appellate Division quoted with approval a passage from the decision of the court below …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6