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Opinion 92-5
… may permit the installation of privately owned vending machines on school property for the use of school district … district may not permit a private party to install vending machines owned by the private party on school district … St Comp No. 75-1256, unreported, concluding that vending machines may be installed in a teacher's lounge to implement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-5Audit of ESDC Finds Few Measurable Results for $211 Million State Advertising Contract
… today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. “When government spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to send a message that New … by auditors. The 41 businesses plan to create 1,750 jobs over the next five years. Auditors calculated that ESDC …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/05/audit-esdc-finds-few-measurable-results-211-million-state-advertising-contractCaucus 2026: Important Information for New Yorkers
… Impact: New York State Farming and Agriculture, January 2026 Federal Impact: Higher Education, October 2025 Tax … Incidents and Bullying in New York Schools, February 2026 School Districts: Lead in Water: Testing and Reporting, … Childcare Services for Children Under Five, January 2026 The Cost of Living in NYC: Food, April 2025 Older Adults …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/caucus2026DiNapoli: Jury Convicts Councilman Ruben Wills in Public Corruption Scheme
… (D-Queens) following an eleven-day trial that resulted in a guilty verdict on five of six counts related to Will's theft of approximately $30,000 in public campaign funds and state grant money. The jury … found Wills guilty of one count of a scheme to defraud in the 1st degree, two counts of grand larceny in the 3rd …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/07/dinapoli-jury-convicts-councilman-ruben-wills-public-corruption-schemeDiNapoli Identifies Problems With Low-Cost Power Program
… Power Authority (NYPA) made errors and overrode applicant scores when it distributed low-cost power to companies, … giving some applicants advantages over others with higher scores,” DiNapoli said. “NYPA also needs to hold all … Auditors determined that NYPA overrode several applicants’ scores without publicly disclosing it. This resulted in 36 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/08/dinapoli-identifies-problems-low-cost-power-programDiNapoli: State Clean Energy Fund Makes Progress on Developing Solar Capacity, But Energy Efficiency Lags
… NY-Sun which works to increase solar power capacity. NY Green Bank which finances clean energy projects. Innovation & … the current rate of about 20,000 per year. NY-Sun, NY Green Bank, and Innovation and Research Programs The NY-Sun, … entities, has committed over $2 billion in clean energy finance, with an annual investment target of $225 million, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/dinapoli-state-clean-energy-fund-makes-progress-developing-solar-capacity-energy-efficiency-lagsOpinion 90-10
… or removal of trees) LOCAL LAWS -- Streets and Highways (highway superintendent's duty to trim or remove trees) -- Transfer of Functions (highway superintendent's duty to trim or remove trees) TOWN … (conservation advisory councils and conservation boards) HIGHWAY LAW, §§140(1),(2), 153; GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-10Opinion 2004-7
… the tax levy procedures set forth in Village Law §11-1118, for the enforcement of delinquent water user charges against … make connections with mains and reservoirs of the village for the purpose of drawing water therefrom, and "fix the … permit the use of water under that section if the supply for the village and its inhabitants would thereby become …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2004-7Opinion 88-60
… (to operate golf course); (as distinguished from lease) PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- Contracts Not Requiring Bidding (concessions) VILLAGE LAW, §§1-102(1); 4-412: An agreement to operate a facility at a park which is termed a … for such arrangements. You ask under what circumstances an agreement designated as a "license" or "concession" to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-60Opinion 93-32
Whether the State Comptroller may obtain copies of annual financial disclosure statements filed with a local board of ethics by municipal officers and employees in accordance with the requirements of General Municipal Law article 18 800 et seq
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-32Electronic Documents Submission System (EDSS)
… Virgin Islands 1-866-370-4672 Local Within the Albany, NY area: 518-408-4672 Email ITServiceDesk@osc.ny.gov Mail Office of the State Comptroller Bureau of Contracts 110 State Street Albany, NY 12236 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/contracts/electronic-documents-submission-system-edssObtaining Information about a Member’s Benefits – Divorce and Your Benefits
… release. Alternatively, the information may be obtained by subpoena. In accordance with New York State Civil Practice Law and Rules Section 2307, a Subpoena Duces Tecum to be served on a bureau or department of the State of New York must be “So Ordered” by a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/obtaining-information-about-members-benefitsOpinion 91-52
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … prescribed percentage of local residents) -- Privileges and Immunities (preference to bidder employing prescribed … No. 76-248, unreported; see Associated Builders v City of Rochester , 67 NY2d 854, 501 NYS2d 653 492 NE2d 781; Grimm v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-52Opinion 91-60
… -- Officers and Employees (authority of State Comptroller to request information for the purpose of determining … -- Disclosure of Interest (authority of State Comptroller to request information for the purpose of determining … 802: In connection with the State Comptroller's authority to oversee the accounts of political subdivisions, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-60Opinion 91-5
… and the principal upon posterity" ( McCabe v Gross , 274 NY 39, 46). Article 8, §5 provides for the exclusion of … ex rel. Haight v Brown , 169 AD 695, 155 NYS 564, affd 216 NY 674, mot for rearg den 216 NY 743; cf . NY Const, art 8, §9, which provides that the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-5Opinion 99-15
… to provide solely because property not served by water or sewer system) SEWERS AND SEWER SYSTEMS -- Financing … real property tax exemptions when property not served by water or sewer system) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties … real property tax exemptions when property not served by water or sewer system) WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION -- …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-15Application for State Police Disability Retirement (PF6090)
For NYSLRS PFRS Tier 1, 2, 5 and 6 members and officers employed by the Division of the NY State Police to apply for disability retirement.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/forms/pdf/pf6090.pdfOpinion 93-14
… part of a property owner, a county may not be compelled to construct sewer extensions. This is in reply to your inquiry concerning the obligation of a county sewer district to extend the sewer system to serve additional properties … Whether property owners have the right to compel the county to extend the sewer system to serve …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-14SUNY Bulletin No. SU-269.1
… Status Added instructions for employees who work an alternate … has announced that the 2019 premium rate and the maximum weekly employee contribution for coverage will be 0.153% … at https://www.suny.edu/benefits/attendance/pfl/ .) AND Update the employee’s FLI Status field to ‘Exempt’ so that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-university-new-york/su-2691-new-york-state-paid-family-leave-program-unitedOpinion 2002-7
… fund moneys) -- Finances (establishment of and expenditure from reserve funds) -- Reserve Fund (authority to establish); (necessity for referendum) REFERENDUM -- Public Libraries (not required to expend monies from reserve fund) EDUCATION LAW §§259, 3651: The library …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-7