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Applying for Benefits – State Police Plan
… To apply for all Retirement System benefits, you must file the appropriate … Comptroller in a timely manner. You can file for a service retirement benefit online. Sign in to your Retirement Online … Account Homepage and click “Apply for Retirement.” Paper forms are available on our Forms page , or from our Call …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/applying-benefitsPublic Safety Overtime
… and needs to be reported to NYSLRS. This includes special duty assignments that involve public safety work that is … applies to public safety overtime performed as a special duty assignment, on or after July 1, 2019 by: Active members … private entity. Payment to the employee for the special duty assignment must be made directly by the participating …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/public-safety-overtimeState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… were adequately supported and properly audited prior to payment, certain purchases of goods and services auditors … In addition, the board did not comply with state law when it appointed the clerk of the board as the deputy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Oversight of Mental Health Education in Schools
… to ensure that school districts have the necessary mental health education in place as required by law. We also sought to determine what mental health services are available at the school districts. Our … and parents. Children already coping with mental health conditions have been especially vulnerable to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2022/04/11/oversight-mental-health-education-schoolsVillage of New Hempstead - Clerk-Treasurer's Duties (2018M-202)
… was required to perform by New York State Village Law (Village Law) and General Municipal Law (GML). Key Recommendation The Board should ensure that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2019/01/18/village-new-hempstead-clerk-treasurers-duties-2018m-202Police Property Room Inventory (2014-MS-4)
… of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether law enforcement agencies have established appropriate … January 1, 2012 through December 5, 2013. Background Law enforcement agencies receive or seize multiple forms of … of public confidence and trust. Key Findings All 10 of the law enforcement agencies we audited had policies and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2015/02/17/police-property-room-inventory-2014-ms-4Do Not Call Enforcement Efforts (Follow-Up)
… recommendations included in our initial audit report, Do Not Call Enforcement Efforts (Report 2017-S-55 ). About … their personal mobile and landline phone numbers on a central national registry to reduce unsolicited …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/02/19/do-not-call-enforcement-efforts-followState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… have been issued. Metropolitan Transportation Authority – New York City Transit: Risk Assessment and Implementation of … the Department of Transportation (DOT), must make all eligible records available for public inspection or … the audit by, among other actions, requiring that all meetings be attended by supervisory staff from DOT’s main …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 88-4
… - refreshments to foster parent trainees) SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, §371; STATE CONSTITUTION, ART VIII, §1: A county may … parent training program. Article 6 of the Social Services Law, which contains provisions relative to the placement and … of dependent children in foster homes (see Social Services Law, §§371, et seq .), delegates to authorized agencies …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-4Other Bulletin No. 77
… criteria are affected. Background: Civil Service Law, Article 8, Section 131 and the Division of the Budget Bulletin D-1152 provide for payment of performance advances effective April 1, 2024, to … effective date and check date: Pay Cycle/Pay Period Type Payment Effective Date Check Date Administration Lag …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-77-april-2024-state-university-construction-fund-scfOther Bulletin No. 70
… criteria are affected. Background: Civil Service Law, Article 8, Section 131 and the Division of the Budget Bulletin D-1148 provide for payment of performance advances effective April 1, 2023, to … effective date and check date: Pay Cycle/Pay Period Type Payment Effective Date Check Date Administration Lag …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-70-april-2023-state-university-construction-fund-scfCost-Saving Ideas: Capital and Repair Reserve Funds for Town or County Water and Sewer Districts
… of probable usefulness" (see New York State Local Finance Law Section 11.00). This type of capital reserve does not … located wholly within a town governed by the Suburban Town Law (see New York State Town Law Article 3-a). The fund may be used for a specific object …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-capital-and-repair-reserve-funds-town-or-county-water-and-sewer-districtsOpinion 93-8
… of the obligation. The provision must clearly define what events will cause the municipality to pay the higher … The issuance of variable rate bonds or notes, however, is subject to certain limitations specified in that statute. … that variable rate bonds or notes must be subject to a maximum rate of interest. The statute further provides that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-8Opinion 93-7
… Bidding (service of legal process) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §103: A contract to engage the services of a firm to … the competitive bidding requirements of General Municipal Law, §103 as a professional service. You have informed us …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-7Opinion 92-17
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. SALES TAX -- Agreements (right of towns to … school district purposes shall be distributed to the towns in the county or whether such areas may be omitted entirely from the sales tax distribution scheme set forth in the agreement. Under subdivision (a) of Tax Law, §1262, a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-17Opinion 88-47
… 1954, p 131) are hereby superseded. October 25, 1988 Mr. Jim Yuhas, Treasurer Village of Sackets Harbor … Whether a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-47Participation Request - Employer Contribution Stabilization Program
The participation request form is used to enroll in the Contribution Stabilization Program (Chapter 57, Laws of 2010) for payment of retirement contributions.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/retirement/employers/pdf/csp-participation-request.pdfFabius-Pompey Central School District – Claims Auditing (2022M-83)
Determine whether Fabius-Pompey Central School District (District) claims were adequately documented, for appropriate purposes and were properly audited and approved prior to payment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2022/pdf/fabius-pompey-2022-83.pdfFly Creek Fire District – Non-Payroll Disbursements (2022M-115)
Determine whether the Fly Creek Fire District’s (District) non-payroll disbursements were supported, for proper District purposes, competitively procured and audited prior to payment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2022/pdf/fly-creek-fire-district-2022-115.pdfCoxsackie-Athens Central School District - Procurement and Claims Audit (2018M-180)
Determine whether purchases were in accordance with Board policy and statutes and claims were for appropriate purposes and audited and approved before payment.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/coxsackie-athens.pdf