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Opinion 91-63
… are directly or indirectly used to defray common household expenses, or affect the amount of rental paid by the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-63Opinion 96-3
… providing environmental review services) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §801: A village trustee would have a prohibited interest … appearing before the village board. General Municipal Law, article 18 (§800 et seq .) contains provisions relative … prepare, authorize or approve the contract or approve payment under the contract; (b) audit bills or claims under …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-3Opinion 95-9
… must be credited under a service award program for each calendar year after the establishment of the program in which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-9Opinion 2001-1
… guarantees (NY Const, art. I, §11; see, e.g., Gruen v County of Suffolk , 187 AD2d 560, 590 NYS2d 217). … Whether a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2001-1Opinion 90-55
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-55Opinion 2007-4
… issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (authority to supersede village budget procedures) MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Budget Procedures (authority to supersede in … and certain other local governments to establish reserve funds for various stated purposes (General Municipal Law …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2007-4Opinion 93-2
… that former subdivision four was to be superseded by the new provisions (see McKinney's Sessions Laws of 1977, p 578). …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-2Opinion 92-48
… longer represent those views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that … financed by the issuance of outstanding obligations need not establish a mandatory reserve fund if the proceeds of the … No. 87-71, p 107 is superseded to the extent inconsistent. You ask whether 1987 Opns St Comp No. 87-71, p 107 still …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-48Opinion 97 - 12
… 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 -- Employment Contracts (planning board secretary …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-12Opinion 2000-15
… in turn, is defined to mean: a fire company of a "county, city, town, village or fire district" fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-15Opinion 2006-3
… cable television fee are to be utilized (compare, e.g., Tax Law §261, pertaining to mortgage recording tax). Thus, unless the granting of a franchise to a cable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2006-3Opinion 2000-4
… government employers hold down increases in the cost of pension benefits ( Incorporated Village of Lynbrook v PERB, … as opposed to the continuing open-ended obligation of a pension" (48 NY2d at 406, 423 NYS2d at 468; see also 1984 … person" as "a retired member of a retirement system or pension plan administered by the state or any of its …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-4Opinion 93-33
… have been strictly applied, even in circumstances when a publication which did not meet the statutory standards …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-33Opinion 98-23
… than thirty m.p.h. (see, e.g., People v Stone , 138 Misc 2d 520, 524 NYS2d 1001). Accordingly, a village has no …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-23Opinion 91-49
… Powers and Duties (conveyance of abandoned county highway property) COUNTY LAW, §215; HIGHWAY LAW, §§118-a, 131-b: A … be permitted to convey title to abandoned county highway property only to owners of property abutting such highway. You ask whether a county may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-49Opinion 92-27
… Assignment (to charitable organizations) PERSONAL PROPERTY LAW, §§45-a, 46(1)(2); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §93-b; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1)(ii)(a)(1): A … State of New York, shall in any way operate to prevent the payment of such salary or earnings directly to such officer …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-27Opinion 92-10
… , 34 NY2d 68, 356 NYS2d 29; Fuentes v Wendt , 106 Misc 2d 1030, 436 NYS2d 801). Accordingly, in our opinion, such …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-10Opinion 99-6
… of State aid paid on transition assessments) LOCAL FINANCE LAW, §§24.00, 25.00; REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, §545: A school district may not issue revenue … out of "moneys appropriated by the legislature" for the payment of taxes on State-owned lands ( id .). Since the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-99-6Opinion 95-32
… if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Deposits and Investments … governments, including fire districts. All public deposits in excess of the amount insured under the provisions of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-32Opinion 90-6
… Mun Corps, §28.16; cf . 18 NYCRR 390.2 authorizing State reimbursement for expenditures of donations to a social …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-6