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DiNapoli: State Needs to Help Addiction Support Providers Better Prepare for Emergencies
… Some addiction treatment programs may not be adequately prepared in an emergency to … of nearly 400 certified providers that offer vital programs to thousands of New Yorkers battling substance use … should work to improve its oversight over its providers’ programs to ensure gaps in potentially life-saving care do …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-state-needs-help-addiction-support-providers-better-prepare-emergenciesOversight of Adult Protective Services Programs
… Objective To determine if the Office of Children and Family Services adequately monitors Adult Protective … Services activities to protect vulnerable adults. The audit covered referrals received for the period from … To determine if the Office of Children and Family Services adequately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2021/11/17/oversight-adult-protective-services-programsDiNapoli: Recent Federal Actions Will Have Significant Impact on Higher Education in NY
… Impacts from the recently enacted federal budget law, upcoming … and executive actions since January 2025 risk undermining the strength and competitiveness of New York’s higher education sector and the social and economic benefits it generates, according to a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/dinapoli-recent-federal-actions-will-have-significant-impact-higher-education-nyDiNapoli: Capital Planning Problems Persist at NYRA
… Problems with capital planning remain for the New York Racing Association (NYRA) years after a … seeing to its most pressing capital needs.” NYRA is a not-for-profit corporation that operates New York State’s three … in the racetrack properties to New York State in return for a financial assistance package. As part of this package, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/10/dinapoli-capital-planning-problems-persist-nyraOpinion 91-8
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. … 801; LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §61.00(a); TOWN LAW, §177: When a secretary-treasurer of a fire district performs the functions … respect to the sale, issuance or payment of bonds, the secretary-treasurer would not have a contractual interest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-8Opinion 88-2
… AND ASSESSMENTS -- Assessments (special assessment area for refuse collection in village) LOCAL LAWS -- Refuse and Garbage Collection (imposition of benefit assessment for in village) REFUSE AND GARBAGE -- Collection of (means of … by local law, may establish one or more assessment areas for garbage collection service and provide for the imposition …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-2State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… The commission’s director has implemented new measures to improve its practices to promote equine health and safety … offenders overseen by the office received court orders to install an ignition interlock device (IID), only 1,952 (20 … July 2017, found that although SED had taken a number of steps to secure its critical information systems and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 2000-12
… Board of the Town of Tuxedo , 69 AD2d 320, 418 NYS2d 638; Conrad v Hinman , 122 Misc 2d 531, 471 NYS2d 521). Based on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-12Opinion 93-29
… such publication or advertisement, and which contains news, articles of opinion (as editorials), features, … at least weekly for at least one year; (3) contain news, editorials and other matters of current interest; (4) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-29Opinion 98-20
… the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMPANY -- Fire Police Squads (qualification for appointment to) FIRE … of minimum service requirement for appointment to fire police squad) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §209-c; TOWN LAW, … otherwise qualified individual may be assigned to a fire police squad immediately upon becoming a member of a fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-20Opinion 92-5
… Johnson City , 74 NY2d 718, 544 NYS2d 809; Murphy v Erie County , 28 NY2d 80, 320 NYS2d 29; Deniham Enterprises v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-5Opinion 92-42
… because town equipment is acquired for town purposes (see Town Law, §64[2-a]) and town personnel is hired to provide services for the town (see, e.g., Highway Law, §140[4]), a town may not perform work … consideration is paid to the town under a contract (see, e.g., 1988 Opns St Comp No. 88-41, p 81; 1985 Opns St …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-42Opinion 97-1
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES -- Powers and Duties (participation in … -- County Self-Insurance Plan (participation in by village housing authority) WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, §§62, 66, 71: A village housing authority is eligible to participate in a workers' …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-1Opinion 95-5
… surcharge monies remitted to the municipality by a service supplier and all other monies dedicated to the payment of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-5Opinion 91-63
… prepare, authorize or approve the contract or approve payments thereunder; (b) audit bills or claims under the … Board of the Town of Tuxedo , 69 AD2d 320, 418 NYS2d 638; Conrad v Hinman , 122 Misc 2d 531, 471 NYS2d 521). Thus, even …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63Opinion 91-62
… LAW, §10(1)(i): A village, by local law, may transfer a building to a school district public library without … reserving to itself the right to use a portion of the building and planned improvements thereto for village … You ask whether a village, by local law, may transfer a building to a school district public library without …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-62Opinion 91-56
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … things, accounts payable and contractual obligations. You ask whether the term "liabilities", as used in section … such a five-year period, it would be essential to define what is meant by "operative" and to apply a test therefor. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-56Opinion 92-38
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE CHIEF -- Powers and Duties (continuation of service until new chief appointed) -- Vacancy (procedure for filling in … -- Powers and Duties (approval of nomination for fire chief); (appointment of fire chief) VILLAGE LAW, §10-1012: If …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-38Opinion 92-25
… commissioner, who is not a member of the fire department, to ride on fire vehicles during emergency calls, so long as … of service and a breakdown in fire department morale (see Memorandum to the Governor by the Association of Fire … assume command, or attempted to instruct the fire chief on how to fight a fire (see Memoranda to the Governor by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-25Opinion 96-3
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Engineering Services … contract cost through fees not an exception) -- Interest in Contract (village trustee providing environmental review … §801: A village trustee would have a prohibited interest in a contract for environmental review and planning services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-3