Category: GASB & Accounting

Governor Cuomo has issued Executive Order 202.67, which extends the State Disaster Emergency that was originally declared by Executive Order 202 through November 3, 2020. This is important to fire departments that may still be operating under restrictions due to the State Disaster Emergency, such as cancelling events or limiting at-risk volunteers from responding to calls.…

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If a village, town, city, or fire district elected to participate in the “State pension” in order to provide a retirement benefit to its employees, that municipality is participating in the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS). This system is actually comprised of two pension plans – the Employee’s Retirement System (ERS) and…

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As a result of the Governor extending the State Disaster Emergency to October 4, 2020, it has highlighted some confusion about the new legislation that allows sponsors to credit up to five (5) points per month during this Emergency. We thought it could be helpful to analyze the statute a different way, with the hopes…

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On Friday afternoon (September 4, 2020), Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.60, which “continued” the declared State Disaster Emergency until October 4, 2020. The original order that declared the Emergency was 202, and there have now been 61 “continuations” of that original order. (There was an order 202.55.1 if you are wondering if we can…

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Firefly Admin Inc. is guided by six core principles – Serve, Trust, Value, Teach, Grow, and Collaborate. These principles can be applied in many ways, including both in how we deliver our services to clients and how we operate internally as a team. Recently, we have made several internal decisions on enhancing our service offerings,…

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It has been 6+ weeks since the new legislation authorizing LOSAP sponsors to award points during the COVID-19 pandemic was enacted. We thought it would be helpful to answer a few “frequently asked questions” we have received about the legislation. As with any interpretation of statute, we suggest reviewing everything with your attorney before taking…

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I love baseball! I’m so excited for it to be back. I though it would be fun to share this article on a local upstate New York man who was recently promoted to be the bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians. But he is also a volunteer firefighter! It is a great story, that I…

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The bill we have been tracking since the end of April was signed into law today as Chapter 113 of the Laws of 2020. ​This bill will allow municipal sponsors to award up to five (5) points for each complete month during which fire department activities were cancelled or special response protocols were in place…

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The legislation that would allow a municipal sponsor of a LOSAP to award up to 5 points per month during the current COVID-19 pandemic has been passed by the Assembly and Senate. We now await for the Governor to sign it into law. You can read more about it at our previous blog post here:covid-19-losap-bill-amended-progressing.html

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*5/28/2020 UPDATE – The bill was passed by both houses – we now just need the Governor’s signature for it to become law* The bill that would amend the General Municipal Law to address LOSAP points during the COVID-19 pandemic has been amended and appears poised to make progress through the legislature. The amended bill,…

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