Jul 19, 2024

Municipal and school audits issued

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On July 19, 2024 , New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced the publication of the local government and school audits listed ...

56 page United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision focuses on New York State's public accommodations laws which guarantee equal access to goods and services for members of protected classes

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Below is the court's introduction to its decision in: EMILEE CARPENTER, LLC, DBA EMILEE CARPENTER PHOTOGRAPHY, EMILEE CARPENTER,  Plaint...
Jul 18, 2024

Procedural omissions results in the Appellate Division's remitting the matter to the Supreme Court "for the service and filing of an answer and the administrative record" and the annulling of that court's ruling with respect to the penalty imposed on the Petitioner

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Plaintiff, a volunteer firefighter, was found guilty of misconduct. The penalty imposed: removal from his position and membership with the W...
Jul 17, 2024

Courts must construe New York State's Freedom of Information Law [FOIL] liberally, and "require[ ] government agencies to make available for public inspection and copying all records"

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Regulations of New York State's Public Employment Relations Board [PERB] include 4 NYCRR 208.3(c), which states, in pertinent part, that...
Jul 16, 2024

Reviewing a determination of the New York State Comptroller denying petitioner's application for a recalculation of his final average salary for the purposed of determining the pension portion of his retirement benefit to be paid by the New York State and Local Retirement System

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The New York State Comptroller is vested with the exclusive authority to resolve applications for retirement benefits and the "determin...