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Health and Safety of Children in Foster Care
… kinship homes (relatives) or with foster parents selected by not-for-profit, community-based voluntary agencies. For …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/03/09/health-and-safety-children-foster-careOpinion 93-1
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … salary of county attorney when so acting. If that opinion does still represent our views, you also ask whether our … upon the deputy. There remains no other vested with any of its functions. The deputy at once becomes acting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-1Comptroller DiNapoli and A.G. Schneiderman Announce Sentence Of Former Met Council Chief Financial Officer For Role In Stealing $9m In Kickback Scheme
… OAG’s recommended sentence took into account Friedman’s age and medical condition, his cooperation with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/06/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-sentence-former-met-council-chief-financial-officerDiNapoli, Social Security Administration IG Ennis Announce Guilty Plea of Maryland Man for Stealing Deceased Mother’s Retirement Payments
… that were sent to his deceased mother, Elizabeth Dorothy Case. Bump concealed his mother’s death and continued … County State’s Attorney Office for prosecuting this case.” Elizabeth Dorothy Case was a New York State employee and resident of Jamaica, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-social-security-administration-ig-ennis-announce-guilty-plea-maryland-man-stealing-deceasedBenefit Eligibility Assessment Process (Follow-Up)
… Purpose To determine the extent of implementation of the three … procedures. We also determined that changes were necessary to reduce the number of overturned HRA determinations and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2016/06/16/benefit-eligibility-assessment-process-followModel Code of Ethics for Local Governments - Frequently Asked Questions
… within New York State? No. The Model Code is intended to be a guide for a municipality to develop a code of ethics to meet its own circumstances. … any private organization in which he or she is deemed to have an interest. Does the Model Code require a municipal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/model-code-ethics-local-governments-frequently-asked-questionsOpinion 92-34
… to the affected courts and tribunals. October 26, 1992 Melvin I. Rosenblat, Director Justice Court Fund … Whether a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-34DiNapoli: Former Citizens Hose Fire Company Treasurer Arrested for Stealing More Than $100,000
… and encourages the public to help fight fraud and abuse. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/09/dinapoli-former-citizens-hose-fire-company-treasurer-arrested-stealing-more-100000DiNapoli: Trouble Ahead for Local Governments and Schools
… (AIM) payments to 12 cities and 20 percent of June Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) aid payments to 15 counties, … pushing for legislation that gives local governments and school districts more flexibility in repaying debt and using …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-trouble-ahead-local-governments-and-schoolsState Agencies Bulletin No. 2205
… date. Payroll corrections are intended to provide a means for the agency to pay an employee for time worked, when any part of the employee’s pay will be … the employee. Effective Dates: This bulletin is effective for payroll corrections issued on or after January 1, 2024. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2205-updated-guidance-issuing-payroll-correctionsState Audit Recommends Improvements to NYC's Oversight of Agencies Placing Foster Children
… after the initial 90 days. Auditors found CONNECTIONS does not have a built-in feature to allow agencies to summarize … correcting. Further, auditors found staff at the agencies have expressed concerns about certain deficiencies in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/03/state-audit-recommends-improvements-nycs-oversight-agencies-placing-foster-childrenInvestigation of Housing Discrimination Complaints
… the Law prohibits discrimination in housing based on age, race, lawful source of income, national origin, gender …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/10/15/investigation-housing-discrimination-complaintsRegulation for Scheduling, Adjourning and Conduct of Administrative Hearings
… be the sole responsibility of the applicant or party. (e) Motions may be made to the hearing officer at any time … or without the necessity of providing an explanation. (e) A second adjournment may be granted for cause. (1) Cause … ii) In the event that the retirement system is unable to schedule a hearing based on the availability dates provided …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/regulation-for-hearingsLabor Investigations in New York City
… minimum wage violations, and child labor violations, have increased in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In … they are able to reoffend. Further, we found: Claims that have remained open, without resolution, for lengthy periods – … are still in Active Investigation. Moreover, the Division does not have a process in place to identify which child …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/01/31/labor-investigations-new-york-cityNY State Comptroller DiNapoli Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Janus Case
… after the United State Supreme Court ruled on the Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees … progress. "Labor remains the backbone of the New York and American economy. Unions created our middle class – and are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/06/ny-state-comptroller-dinapoli-statement-supreme-court-decision-janus-caseDiNapoli: Former Oneida City Chamberlain Arrested for Stealing More Than $78,000 in City Funds
… one property owner’s payment to another. She spent the funds on, among other things, social outings with friends and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/10/dinapoli-former-oneida-city-chamberlain-arrested-stealing-more-78000-city-fundsOpinion 2007-1
… CONTRACTS -- Contracts Not Requiring Bidding (paratransit services) -- Policies and Procedures (request for proposals process for paratransit services) -- Professional Services (paratransit services) … to fixed route service, a complimentary paratransit system must meet the regulatory requirements established by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-1Former Treasurer of Putnam Engine & Hose Co. of the Port Chester Volunteer Fire Dept. Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $38,000
… DiNapoli, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney … a unit of the Port Chester Volunteer Fire Department, for embezzlement of more than $38,000 from Putnam Engine and … the public to help fight fraud and abuse. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving taxpayer money by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/12/former-treasurer-putnam-engine-hose-co-port-chester-volunteer-fire-dept-pleads-guilty-embezzling-moreOpinion 93-22
… asked for our opinion in this matter. If this were a true case of remission of bail forfeiture within the meaning of … its minutes and the bail bond or the cash bail , as the case may be, is thereupon forfeited " (emphasis added). The … or a purported forfeiture thereof is void. Thus, in the case of People v Wirtschafter , supra , the Court of Appeals …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-22Pandemic and Recovery: Local Government Finances and Federal Assistance - Lessons from the Mid-Hudson Region
The case studies described in this report provide insight into some of the fiscal challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic presented to individual local governments in 2020.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/publications/pdf/pandemic-and-recovery-lessons-from-the-mid-hudson-region.pdf