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Council Subcommittees Hear Four Proposed Bills on Increasing Transparency in Land Use
The four proposed bills would provide the community and elected officials with the tools to make informed decisions about developments in their neighborhoods. On September 26, 2019, the City Council’s Land Use and Governmental Operations Committees held a hearing on four proposed bills that will increase transparency regarding new developments in the City, specifically with the transfer of development rights and testimony at the Board of Standards and Appeals. The four bills are a response … <Read More>
Richard Briffault: Charting a Pragmatic Path to a Good Government
Richard Briffault, Chair of the Conflicts of Interest Board, brings a long record of public service to his current position. A product of the City public school system, Briffault graduated from Columbia University and obtained his law degree from Harvard. He was broadly interested in government as a young man and quickly entered public service, working from 1980 to 1982 as an assistant counsel to Governor Hugh Carey. The position gave him broad opportunity to … <Read More>
Council Speaker Candidates Remark on Goals to Bring “Good Government” to the City Council
The Speaker panel covered the issue of bringing transparency, accountability, and reform to the New York City Council. On November 21, 2017, Citizens Union held a public forum on good government with the candidates running to be the next City Council Speaker. The candidates on the panel were Council Members Robert E. Cornegy Jr., Corey Johnson, Mark Levine, Donovan Richards, Ydanis Rodriguez, Jimmy Van Bramer and Jumaane D. Williams. … <Read More>
Council Eases ULURP Requirements for Certain Government Officials
City Council passed a bill that would exempt certain government entities from pre-application requirements for zoning text amendments. On August 24, 2017, Council Member Margaret Chin introduced Int. No. 1685, exempting certain government officials from the Department of City Planning’s “time-consuming” pre-application process. “This bill would allow Borough Presidents, Mayoral Agencies and the Land Use Committee of the City Council to file applications for zoning text amendments without filing a pre-application statement.” The bill … <Read More>
CLE Event: The 22nd Annual Citywide Seminar on Ethics in City Government
The Conflicts of Interest Board and the Center for New York City Law
present
The 22nd Annual Citywide Seminar on Ethics in City Government
WHEN
Tuesday, May 17, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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WHERE
New York Law School
185 West Broadway (between Worth and Leonard Streets)