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Opinion 90-15
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. POLICE AND POLICE … Neither section 150, nor any other provision of State law, however, provides for the establishment of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-15Former Bronx Youth Director Pleads Guilty
… Thomas P. DiNapoli and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced the guilty plea of Earnestine Russell … for herself. I thank Bronx County District Attorney Clark for working with us to hold Ms. Russell accountable." …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/02/former-bronx-youth-director-pleads-guiltyOpinion 89-18
… from regular job) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (authority to reimburse town assessor for wages lost from regular job … basic course of assessors' training) -- (authority to recover unauthorized payments) REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, … of training required of assessors. A town is entitled to recover unauthorized payments made to an assessor as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-18Controls Over the Collection of the Public Safety Communications Surcharge
… service providers (Providers) and devices subject to the Public Safety Communications Surcharge (Surcharge) are being … voice or data service that is interconnected with the public switched telephone network (i.e., landline) or … Tax Processing Center quarterly. Providers use a Public Safety Communication Surcharge (WCS-1) tax return to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/10/04/controls-over-collection-public-safety-communications-surchargeDiNapoli: Wallkill Fire District Board Chair Charged with Stealing $240,000
… was checks and balances, not blind faith in Mr. Denardo. Thanks to the hard work of my office and District Attorney …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-wallkill-fire-district-board-chair-charged-stealing-240000State Comptroller DiNapoli: $360M Needed to Repair Local Dams
… maintained" are in need of corrective action, often in the form of increased maintenance, to correct the condition of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-360m-needed-repair-local-damsDiNapoli: Thruway Authority Owed More Than $275 Million in Unpaid Tolls and Fees
… tolling was being introduced following negative press and public concerns related to system problems including …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/05/dinapoli-thruway-authority-owed-more-275-million-unpaid-tolls-and-feesNew York State Fiscal Reform and Accountability Act
… Session 2017-2018: A.10117 (Weinstein) – Enacts the New York State Fiscal Reform and Accountability act; to amend …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legislation/new-york-state-fiscal-reform-and-accountability-actDiNapoli: Service Delivery Critical to Ensure New York City’s Continued Recovery
… teaching assistants) who were placed on leave without pay when they did not meet the deadline to show proof of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/02/dinapoli-service-delivery-critical-ensure-new-york-citys-continued-recoveryNYS Common Retirement Fund Announces First Quarter Results
… As of June 30, 2016, the Fund has 38.3 percent of its assets invested in publicly traded domestic equities and 15.6 … in international public equities. The remaining Fund assets by allocation are invested in cash, bonds and … (3.3 percent) and opportunistic alternatives and real assets (1.3 percent). DiNapoli initiated quarterly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/nys-common-retirement-fund-announces-first-quarter-resultsNYS Common Retirement Fund Announces Second Quarter Results
… quarterly performance reporting by the Fund in 2009 as part of his on-going efforts to increase accountability and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/nys-common-retirement-fund-announces-second-quarter-resultsJohn A. Coleman School – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… (CFRs) were properly calculated, adequately documented, and allowable pursuant to the State Education Department's … years ended June 30, 2011. Background Coleman is located in White Plains and Yonkers, New York and provides special … information Coleman presents in an annual CFR filed with SED. SED reimburses DoE and the other school districts …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/08/05/john-coleman-school-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualDisposal of Electronic Devices
… analysis showed the Department’s policies and procedures for preparing devices for surplus were appropriate to minimize the risk that … from surplus electronic devices. Other Related Audit/Report of Interest Office of General Services: Disposal of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/05/13/disposal-electronic-devicesDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Down for Third Quarter 2020
… Sales tax revenue for local governments in New York state dropped … according to State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Sales tax collections from July to September totaled $4.3 billion, … $452 million less than last year. “The third quarter sales tax figures show a significant improvement from the 27.1 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-down-third-quarter-2020DiNapoli: NYC Needs to Develop Comprehensive Plan to Manage Pandemic-Battered Finances
… COVID-19 pandemic has created a significant revenue loss for the city while driving up costs to deal with its … if and when deficit financing is truly needed. Washington, for its part, can, and must, help the city weather this … potential revenue shortfalls and should be a prerequisite for considering deficit financing as a revenue source, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-nyc-needs-develop-comprehensive-plan-manage-pandemic-battered-financesCompliance With the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act (Follow-Up) (2016-F-2), 30-Day Response
We have followed up on the actions taken by officials of the State Education Department to implement the recommendations contained in our audit report, Complian
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2016-16f2-response.pdfOpinion 2002-13
… the members of a volunteer fire department may determine to use foreign fire insurance tax monies to make reasonable expenditures to fund the fire department … companies, the members of each company, must determine how these monies are to be used for the benefit of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13An Economic Snapshot of Staten Island - September 2018
Employment grew by 13 percent since 2012, reaching a record of 97,000 jobs in 2017.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-7-2019.pdfOpinion 91-57
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … 7, 1992 Gerard Fishberg, Esq., Village Attorney Village of Garden City … Whether library fund moneys of the village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-57DiNapoli: Women in New York Still Earn Far Less Than Men
… Women in New York earned 87 cents on the dollar compared to men in 2023, according to a report on the gender pay gap released … Women would have to work an extra 53 days to make what men in New York earned in 2023. Median earnings in 2023 for women …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/03/dinapoli-women-new-york-still-earn-far-less-men