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DiNapoli Announces State Contract & Payment Actions for February 2015
… ensures that costs are reasonable, the playing field is level and taxpayers get the best value for their money. … patrol services at the Tappan Zee Bridge construction site. Department of Transportation $55 million with Ecco III … visit Open Book New York , http://www.openbooknewyork.com/ the easy-to-use website was created by Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-announces-state-contract-payment-actions-february-2015DiNapoli: Former Mahopac VFD Treasurer Sentenced After $5.6 Million Embezzlement
… Corp. ("BEEC”). KLEIN then deposited the checks to bank accounts held by Abbie Graphic and BEEC. He entered … among other things, a 37-foot Thunderbird Formula boat; a 29-foot Everglades boat; a 55-foot Neptunus motor … $58,000 to his mother as purported repayment of a college loan. In April 2016, KLEIN sold K’Bam, which he had purchased …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/06/dinapoli-former-mahopac-vfd-treasurer-sentenced-after-56-million-embezzlementNew York State Comptroller DiNapoli and District Attorney Hoovler Announce Indictment in Medicaid Fraud Case
… Raja, age 45, and his wife, Sharma Alam, age 45, both of the Town of New Windsor, were arraigned on an indictment charging them … a scheme to defraud the New York State Medicaid program of millions of dollars. Both were remanded to Orange County … Rohail Raja age 45 and his wife Sharma Alam age 45 both of the Town of New Windsor were arraigned on an indictment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/11/new-york-state-comptroller-dinapoli-and-district-attorney-hoovler-announce-indictment-medicaid-fraudOpinion 90-9
… added). We are aware of no authority in the Village Law for a village board of trustees, by resolution, to limit the … balance of an appropriation, from the appropriation for contingencies, from unappropriated cash surplus or … powers, duties and functions as it shall deem necessary for effectuating or administering the board of trustees' …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-9Opinion 90-20
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (donation to firemen's … -- Treasurer's Powers (transfer of custody of moneys) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: A village treasurer may not transfer custody of foreign fire insurance tax moneys to a firemen's association unless …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-20Opinion 2003-6
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Whether town taxes to support the town police department are to be levied only against taxable properties within the area of the town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-6Opinion 90-48
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … Whether the school district based solely on the allegations of these residents may find the bus company …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-48Opinion 90-44
… value of fringe benefits. November 5, 1990 Richard Allen Siegel, Esq., Village Attorney Village of Sea Cliff …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-44Opinion 2008-3
… reserve fund may not be transferred into the fire district's general fund]). Moreover, there is no general authority for … September 3, 2008 Charles S. Kovit, Esq., Attorney at Law Bay Park Fire District 1 Effective January 1, 2007, a … concisely stating the purposes and effect thereof ( id .). The abstract must be prepared by the fire district …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2008-3Opinion 89-47
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … of the fire district must consent, in writing, to any addition under section 172-d. Once the town board has … Section 181 makes no provision for the allocation of any costs, including those for debt service, between the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-47Opinion 89-8
… to establishment by school district in Adirondack Park) SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Repair Reserve Fund (necessity for … to establishment by a school district in Adirondack Park) STATE COMPTROLLER -- Approval by (for establishment of repair reserve fund by school district in Adirondack Park) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §6-d; Education Law, §3651: A …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-8Opinion 89-60
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … of ethics must include provisions relative to private employment in conflict with official duties (General … Law, §806[1]). Also, we note that the courts of this State have held public officials to a high standard of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-60Opinion 89-26
… issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Financial Disclosure (applicability to fire districts) … is authorized to promulgate a form of annual statement of financial disclosure for its officers and employees, but if … or employees of the fire district complete and file annual financial disclosure statements. You ask whether fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-26Opinion 88-52
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Purchases and Sales (community college … Whether the abovementioned individuals all of whom are paid by the county are required to comply with …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-52Opinion 92-27
… could provide for the payroll deduction in this instance only by local law. The local law should provide that any payroll deduction will be made only pursuant to a revocable written request by the officer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-27Opinion 96-17
… the municipal corporation or fire district is located, the authorization to attend is subject to the prior approval of the governing board of the municipal … should also determine that the conference has training value for the particular firefighters attending (24 Opns St …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-17Opinion 97-17
… of a "city and county public library". September 29, 1997 Alan P. Gerstman, Esq., lst Asst. County Attorney Erie County …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-17Opinion 92-49
… land for recreational trail) TOWN LAW §§81,220: A proposed lease of real property for use as a town recreational trail … referendum at a special or biennial town election, if the lease payments are to be paid from moneys appropriated from … sections 81 and 220, we have previously concluded that a lease of real property for purposes authorized by sections 81 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-49Opinion 92-32
… for immediate reconveyance to an historical society) -- Sale (on installment basis to historical society) GENERAL … Further, a town is authorized to sell historic buildings or structures pursuant to section 119-dd(4) which … purchase, restore, operate, lease and sell historic buildings and structures. Sales of such buildings and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-32Opinion 97-3
… Tax Law, §1102[1]). Section 1182, however, is applicable only to the enforcement of taxes which become a lien on or … such general, special or local laws continue in effect only until December 31, 1999 (L 1993, ch 602, §8[c][i], as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-3