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DiNapoli: Homeless Families, Adults Living in Squalid Shelters Due to Oversight Failure
… mode; Mold growing in residents’ rooms at 8 shelters; Trash piled in a children’s play area at one shelter; Repairs … does not track the number of uncertified shelters, which can include hotel and motel rooms used by counties on an as needed basis. During 2014, local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-homeless-families-adults-living-squalid-shelters-due-oversight-failureState Agencies Bulletin No. 1133
… To inform agencies of the content information for the 2011 Form 1042-S. Background According to the IRS Instructions for Form 1042-S, amounts subject to reporting on Form 1042-S are those that are paid to foreign persons … To inform agencies of the content information for the 2011 Form 1042S …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1133-form-1042-s-foreign-persons-us-source-income-subject-withholdingOpinion 94-4
… unless the town board or town comptroller, as the case may be, has required an original signature. You ask … voucher, the town board or the town comptroller, as the case may be, may require that the statement be executed only …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-4Opinion 2000-6
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (funding length of service … FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (use of foreign fire insurance taxes to fund) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §§218, 219, 219-a; INSURANCE LAW §§9104, 9105: Foreign fire insurance tax monies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6Opinion 92-22
… 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 -- Contracts (representation of owners of … tax certiorari practice limited to representing the owners of property located outside the village …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-22Opinion 90-53
… that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS -- Consultants (authority to contract … assessor on contractual basis) BUILDING INSPECTOR -- Independent Contractor (authority to contract out functions … of choice" (see Filmways Communications of Syracuse Inc . v Douglas , 106 AD2d 185, 186, 484 NYS2d 738, 739, affd …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-53VI.2.B Policies/Laws – VI. Budgets
… There are two kinds of segregations within SFS – available and reserve. Any amount budgeted as available can be used for … expenditures or the encumbering of purchase requisitions and/or purchase orders. Any amount in the reserve is not … budget amounts to the reserve. The sum of the available and any reserve segregations will total the appropriation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vi/vi2b-policieslawsOpinion 2000-14
… the teacher prior to retirement; there would be no fiscal obligation for the school district to provide payments into … retirement; and the school district would have no fiscal obligation regarding payments due from the program to the … the teacher prior to retirement. There would be no "fiscal obligation" for the school district to provide payments into …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-14Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls – Financial Operations (2013M-321)
… the prior compact contract. The revised contract increases the fee from 1 percent for the 2012-13 school year, … The fee structure of a percentage of per pupil revenue does not appear to be reasonable, as the services being … unrealistic amounts in others. In addition, the School does not modify its budget during the year. During fiscal …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2014/02/07/brighter-choice-charter-school-girls-financial-operations-2013m-321Opinion 89-4
… notes when town supervisor is director and stockholder of bank); (designation of bank as depository when town supervisor is director and … LAW, §60.10: (1) A town supervisor who is a director of a bank has a prohibited interest in the designation of the bank … Whether a town may designate a bank as a depository if the town supervisor is a director of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-4DiNapoli: School District Tax Levy Cap at 2%
… the inflation factor at 2.95% for those with a June 30, 2026, fiscal year end. “For the fourth year in a row, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/01/dinapoli-school-district-tax-levy-cap-at-two-percentTitle V Operating Permit Program Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance for the Eight Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2017 (Follow-Up)
… program (Program) under Title V of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Act). The purpose of the Program … excess of established limits. Pursuant to New York’s Clean Air Compliance Act of 1993 (CACA), the Department is … responsible for developing and administering this Program. Air pollution sources subject to the Program must obtain an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/15/title-v-operating-permit-program-revenues-expenditures-and-changes-fund-balance-eightDiNapoli and DA Carney: Owner of Medical Transport Company Sentenced to 3 to 9 Years in Prison for Stealing $700,000 from Medicaid Program
… County medical transportation company today was sentenced to serve three to nine years in state prison and pay restitution of $766,600 for stealing more than $700,000 from New York state’s … County medical transportation company today was sentenced to serve three to nine years in state prison and pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-and-da-carney-owner-medical-transport-company-sentenced-3-9-years-prison-stealing-700000Opinion 89-43
… office of fire district treasurer may be abolished and replaced by an appointive office. Town Law, §174(2) … office of fire district treasurer may be abolished and replaced by an appointive office …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-43Waterford-Halfmoon Union Free School District - Financial Management (2017M-243)
… The Board overestimated appropriations by an average of nearly $2.8 million annually from 2014-15 through 2016-17, … estimates for expenditures. Develop a plan for the use of excess unrestricted fund balance in the general fund. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/06/15/waterford-halfmoon-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2017mXII.4.B Certification of Vouchers – XII. Expenditures
… SECTION OVERVIEW AND POLICIES Overview Section 110 of New York State Finance Law requires the head of the agency certify or approve vouchers for … Section 110 of New York State Finance Law requires the head of the agency certify or approve vouchers for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii4b-certification-vouchersOpinion 95-24
… the opinion. CITIES -- Powers and Duties (deposit of State aid for education in mandatory reserve fund) MUNICIPAL FUNDS … SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (use of State aid); Reserve Fund (deposit of State aid in mandatory reserve fund) EDUCATION LAW, §§3601-a, 3602, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-24State Agencies Bulletin No. 1803
… processing of the December 2019 minimum wage increases for hourly employees and provide instructions for payments not processed automatically. Affected Employees Employees in hourly positions who meet the eligibility criteria are … processing of the December 2019 minimum wage increases for hourly employees and provide in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1803-december-2019-minimum-wage-increase-hourly-employeesOpinion 89-53
… if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES--Recipients … enactment of chapter 293 of the Laws of 1988, two court cases addressed the question of how foreign fire insurance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-53Town of Butternuts – Disbursements (2021M-62)
… under New York State Town Law (Town Law) by authorizing insurance claims and annual contracts to be paid before audit … allowing a third-party vendor direct access to the Town’s bank account that, at times, had more than $500,000 on deposit. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/08/06/town-butternuts-disbursements-2021m-62