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Cost-Saving Ideas: Legal Requirements
… or equipment when the repairs are of a type that does not recur annually or at shorter intervals. Section 6-g …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-legal-requirementsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1167
… Purpose To ensure use of the revised Direct Deposit Form for NYS employees and advise current participants in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1167-revised-personal-privacy-protection-law-notification-direct-depositState Agencies Bulletin No. 2027
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to inform agencies of OSC’s automatic processing of the April 2022 M/C LLS Payment and provide instructions for payments not … using the effective date and check dates listed below. Due to the issues surrounding COVID-19, OSC will process this …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2027-april-2022-managementconfidential-mc-longevity-lump-sum-lls-paymentOpinion 99-15
… and "quasi-municipal corporations" (NY Const., art III, §1, art XVI, §1; see, e.g., Greater Poughkeepsie Library v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-15Opinion 88-72
… of the portion of the town within the district and that a number of town residents within the district are under orders …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-72Opinion 88-1
… Park v Armstrong , 45 NY 234; Gerwitz v City of Long Beach , 69 Misc 2d 763, 330 NYS2d 495, affd 45 AD2d 841, 358 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-1Opinion 88-15
… and 82-234, pgs 15 and 294). Similarly, if, as attorney for the school district, you have any of the powers or duties … General Municipal Law, §802(1)(h) provides an exception for contracts in which an officer or employee has an … was elected or appointed. There is, however, no exception for renewals of such contracts. Since you do not state …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-15Opinion 92-4
… the type of conditioning necessary for the firefighters to efficiently fulfill their firemanic functions, the nature … assurance that it is realizing sufficient benefits to justify the expenditure and the cost is reasonable in relation to the benefits received by the district. You ask whether a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-4Opinion 91-18
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … §800(3); TOWN LAW, §29(15): A town supervisor would not have a statutory conflict of interest if the supervisor's … with the municipality if the officer or employee has any of the powers or duties listed in General Municipal Law, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-18Opinion 2001-12
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LIBRARIES -- Library Trustees (authority to provide for … municipalities and school districts that sponsor public libraries to elect to confer the benefits of section 18 on employees of public libraries, at the direct expense of the municipality or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-12Opinion 2002-13
… (paying expenses of fire departments' annual fund-raising drive) INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: Unless otherwise provided … or company (see, e.g., 2000 Opns St Comp No. 2000-6, p 16; 1989 Opns St Comp No. 89-16, p 34; 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-88, p 130; 1982 Opns St …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-13Opinion 90-24
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … 12 Opns St Comp, 1956, p 68 is hereby superseded. You have asked whether 12 Opns St Comp, 1956, p 68 still … 58.00, 59.00, 60.00, 62.00 and 63.00 of this chapter, and any other powers or duties pertaining or incidental to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-24State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… firm to disburse $2.5 million of the town’s cash without any town official’s approval. The supervisor and other board … Had the district claimed all eligible services, it would have realized revenues totaling $23,169. Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-1XIV.1 Outstanding Check Outreach and Escheatment – XIV. Special Procedures
… certain payee notification requirements for checks that have gone uncashed for one year or more. OSC performs … First class mailings are not required where: the agency does not have a valid address for the payee, or the agency … receipt requested, a follow up notification mailing for any check with an amount greater than $1,000. This must be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv1-outstanding-check-outreach-and-escheatmentXIV.15 Updating Agency Contacts – XIV. Special Procedures
… receive financial reports Yes, for those required by law Compensated Absences Representative Responsible for reporting compensated absences for the Annual Financial Reporting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-xiv15/xiv15-updating-agency-contactsOpinion 88-73
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … is not intended as a recommendation with regard to any such legislation. While towns generally may not establish …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-732025ABC State of New York General Obligation Bonds, March 2025 (POS)
Under State law, the Bonds are legal investments for State-chartered banks and trust companies, savings banks, ins. comp., fiduciaries and investment companies and may be accepted by the State Comptroller and the State Superintendent of Fin. Serv. where the deposit of obligations is required by law.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/debt/pdf/nys-go-2025abc-pos.pdf2025ABC State of New York General Obligation Bonds, March 2025
Under State law, the Bonds are legal investments for State-chartered banks and trust companies, savings banks, ins. comp., fiduciaries and investment companies and may be accepted by the State Comptroller and the State Superintendent of Fin. Serv. where the deposit of obligations is required by law.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/debt/pdf/nys-go-2025abc-os.pdfOpinion 99-7
… other than an illegal purpose or a purpose contrary to public policy, which the members of the fire department or company, as the case may be, determine to be for the benefit of the fire department or company. This is in response to your letter asking whether foreign fire insurance tax …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-7Opinion 99-2
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … Municipal Employees (use of for construction as exception to competitive bidding) STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Improvements … performed by municipal employees as exception to competitive bidding) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§101, 103, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-2