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XII.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 … Section 110 of New York State Finance Law requires the head of the agency certify or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii4b-certification-vouchersOpinion 89-13
… (purchase of used equipment of another municipality at auction) -- Contracts Requiring Bidding (purchase of used … equipment from another municipality of this State at an auction pursuant to the exception contained in General … of this State may be purchased by a county at an auction without contravening the competitive bidding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-13DiNapoli: NYC Projects Budget Surplus For 2017, But Faces Risks With Federal Budget Cuts
… at $1 billion annually beginning in FY 2018 and Mayor de Blasio's administration has set aside $250 million …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/dinapoli-nyc-projects-budget-surplus-2017-faces-risks-federal-budget-cutsDiNapoli: Former Erie County Deputy Clerk Arrested for Stealing More Than $200,000 From County
… to commend the Erie County Comptroller’s Office as well as our partners in the New York State Comptroller’s Office and … government.” Sheriff Garcia said: "It is imperative that our citizens trust their public officers. That is why it was … case. For several months, Detective Dan Brinkerhoff and our Investigative Services Unit did just that. I commend …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/dinapoli-former-erie-county-deputy-clerk-arrested-stealing-more-200000-countyOpinion 2000-4
… Whether a school district can establish a termination pay program designed to provide an incentive to certain employees to stop their employment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-4Comptroller DiNapoli And A.G Schneiderman Announce Guilty Pleas By Former Met Council Directors For Stealing $9M In Kickback Scheme
… Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the guilty pleas of William Rapfogel, former executive director … Rapfogel and Cohen both face prison time after pleading guilty to multiple felony charges for stealing, together with … to root out public corruption.” Rapfogel, 59, pleaded guilty today before the Honorable Larry Stephen in New York …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/04/comptroller-dinapoli-and-ag-schneiderman-announce-guilty-pleas-former-met-council-directors-stealingOpinion 88-52
… the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Purchases and Sales (community college officers and employees who are directors of a … real property from county) -- Interest in Contract (community college officers and employees who are directors of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-52Opinion 93-5
Whether the town should petition the county legislative board to validate the towns failure to hold a timely budget hearing
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-5Opinion 89-61
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … villages. VILLAGE LAW, §3-301(2)(a); UNIFORM JUSTICE COURT ACT, §§201(b), 2001(1), 2101(i)(2); CRIMINAL PROCEDURE … office of village justice does not exist, the town justice court for the town in which the village is located has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-61Unified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-256
… not processed automatically. Affected Employees Employees in the following bargaining units who meet the following … CSEA Agreement is reached, the negotiated changes detailed in the Labor Relations Memorandum are extended to Management/Confidential and Unrepresented employees in Bargaining Units 86, 88 and CT. In addition, employees …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-256-april-2018-state-new-york-unified-court-system-ucs-incrementsOpinion 97-17
… county public library) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(4), (5), 810(1), (3), 811(1); LAWS Of 1953, CHAPTER 768 (MCKINNEY'S … or other agency thereof ... "(General Municipal Law, §800[5]; emphasis supplied). The phrase "local officer or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-17Opinion 92-14
… the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion may no longer … may be discharged: after the notice of lien is filed at any time before an action is commenced to foreclose such … establishing this fact requires proof of a negative. At the very least, the records in the county clerk's office …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-14Opinion 89-3
… a new, separate contract and would not be obtaining the advantages of participating in the State contract. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-3Town of Byron – Procurement (2024M-11)
… (Town) officials complied with New York State General Municipal Law (GML) and Town policy when procuring goods and … Byron Town officials complied with New York State General Municipal Law GML and Town policy when procuring goods and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/05/24/town-byron-procurement-2024m-11Opinion 94-28
… fund. However, to the extent that the advance planning is undertaken for purposes of an existing improvement … or extension, or a proposed district or extension which is ultimately established, the district or extension must … capital improvement. You ask whether the cost of the study is charged against the county's general fund or against the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-94-28State Agencies Bulletin No. 2274
… 2 titles are impacted and since the grade equations do not appear on Position Data or on the employee’s Job Data … Grade 14) will be restructured and equated to a Grade 16. All impacted titles appear on Trainee Titles Being Revised … will result in the agency being responsible for submitting all necessary transactions beginning in Administration or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/2274-restructure-two-year-professional-traineeships-leading-grade-18Opinion 93-16
… VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award Program (credit for activities performed by local government employees during … AND PHRASES -- "Regularly Assigned Work Periods" (meaning for purposes of General Municipal Law, §217[f]) GENERAL … may not earn credit under a service award program for responding to fire alarms during their "regularly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16Opinion 91-43
… asked us to reconcile two opinions of this Office, 34 Opns St Comp, 1978, p 6, and 1990 Opns St Comp, No. 90-21, p 50. You suggest that the two are … other than the town clerk. We did not suggest in 34 Opns St Comp, 1978, p 6, supra , however, that the statutory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-43Opinion 92-32
… structure which should be preserved as an historic site. The town, however, does not wish to hold title to the … the restoration and preservation of the historic site. As specified in section 119-dd(4), however, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-32Opinion 88-15
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Insurance … of incorporated insurance company) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(3), 801: A village trustee who is also the … district attorney had any of the powers or duties listed in General Municipal Law, §801. This is in reply to your …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-15