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Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School – School Building Lease (2013M-138)
… $5 million. Key Finding The Board did not ensure that it appropriately identified and evaluated available options … behalf was not transparent, and we question whether it was an arm’s length transaction. The Board selected an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/07/26/buffalo-academy-science-charter-school-school-building-lease-2013m-138Wyandanch Union Free School District – Budget Review (B21-7-1)
… of Budget Review The purpose of our budget review was to provide an independent evaluation of the proposed 2021-22 … by Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2020, authorized the District to issue serial bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $4.5 million, to liquidate the accumulated deficit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/04/09/wyandanch-union-free-school-district-budget-review-b21-7-1Village of Suffern – Budget Review (B25-6-4)
… is authorized to issue the deficit obligations, and for each subsequent fiscal year during which the deficit … obligations are outstanding, their tentative budget for the next succeeding fiscal year. Key Findings We found …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2025/04/11/village-suffern-budget-review-b25-6-4Island Trees Union Free School District – Inventorying and Monitoring Capital Assets (2024M-145)
… action. Appendix C includes our comments on issues raised in the District’s response letter. … Determine whether Island …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/06/06/island-trees-union-free-school-district-inventorying-and-monitoringOpinion 2002-2
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS - Service Award … age, subject to the 40 year maximum provided for in article 11-A of the General Municipal Law. To implement … of certain activities selected from a statutory list, in accordance with a system established by the sponsor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-2Opinion 91-48
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … 18 and, as a result, that section 801 is not applicable. At least one lower court, however, has held that an … of citizens ineligible to sit on the [b]oard" (158 AD2d at 802, 551 NYS2d at 394; see also Town of North Hempstead v …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-48Opinion 92-39
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. ELECTIONS -- Improvement Districts … Establishment (eligibility of non-property owners to vote in election on establishment) -- Referendum (eligibility to … Establishment (eligibility of non-property owners to vote in election on establishment) -- Referendum (eligibility to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-39Opinion 2000-6
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular … law enacted by the State Legislature provides otherwise. 1 In general, these sections of the Insurance Law provide that … jurisdiction and control of the fire department which, in the case of a village fire department, will generally be …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6Opinion 2002-2
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS - Service Award … age, subject to the 40 year maximum provided for in article 11-A of the General Municipal Law. To implement … of certain activities selected from a statutory list, in accordance with a system established by the sponsor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-2-0Opinion 90-39
… Tax Law, article 4, pertaining to exemptions; see also NY Const., art XVI, §1, prohibiting alteration or repeal of … delegated to the municipal corporation by the Legislature (NY Const., art XVI, §1; Sonmax v City of New York , 43 NY2d … §66) and does not have its own home rule authority (see NY Const, art IX). Therefore, the authorization for towns to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-39State Agencies Bulletin No. 882
… employees represented by PEF who move to a graded position in any bargaining unit effective on or after April 11, 2008 … employees retroactive to April 11, 2008. This method is in addition to the Civil Service Law, Section 131.5 rules … NHRPTMP13 (appears as NHRPTP13 in the Control-D Report List) identifies employees who have moved from a PEF N/S …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/882-new-method-calculating-salaries-employees-upon-movement-public-employeesOpinion 89-40
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE COMMISSIONERS -- Reimbursement for … lost because the commissioner was subpoenaed to testify in a case in which the fire district was the defendant, unless the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-40Opinion 97-3
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS -- … and penalties on taxes levied prior to the dates specified in those sections. You ask whether, pursuant to section 1182 … You state that the tax liens are owned by the village and, in at least some cases, date from the 1930s. For purposes of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-3Opinion 91-49
… 131-b: A county may convey an abandoned county highway by private sale by the adoption of a resolution approved by a simple majority … majority of the county legislative body. You have advised us that the county owns fee simple title to the road bed. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-49Opinion 94-32
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION -- Villages (continuation of service award program if fire department ceases to provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-32DiNapoli: State's Pandemic Response to Nursing Homes Hindered by Ill-Prepared State Agency
… The state Department of Health (DOH) was unprepared to respond to infectious … at nursing homes, even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York, an audit released today by New York State Comptroller …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/dinapoli-states-pandemic-response-nursing-homes-hindered-ill-prepared-state-agencyOpinion 89-26
… a form of annual statement of financial disclosure for its officers and employees, but if it fails to do so … 18 of the General Municipal Law (§800 et seq .) to provide for a system of annual financial disclosure by localities. … between "municipalities" and "political subdivisions" for purposes of the financial disclosure requirements. Under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-26DiNapoli: Investors Expand Corporate Disclosure of Political Spending
… proposals seeking disclosure from 29 companies in which it has investments of more than $2.73 billion. "We reached new … daylight and transparency to reduce those risks." DiNapoli has made disclosure of political spending a top shareholder … and The Travelers Companies (33.2%). To date, the Fund has reached political spending disclosure agreements with the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/07/dinapoli-investors-expand-corporate-disclosure-political-spendingState Agencies Bulletin No. 1633
… exempt from Federal, State and/or Local tax withholding in tax year 2018. Affected Employees Employees who claimed … exempt from Federal, State and/or Local tax withholdings in 2017 and employees who submit withholding allowance certificates claiming exempt in 2018 Effective Date(s) Administration paycheck dated March …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1633-claiming-exempt-federal-state-andor-local-tax-withholding-tax-year-2018Opinion 95-27
… within one year of the date of the order or judgment. You ask whether the provisions of Education Law, §3604(5)(b), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-27