On October 8, 2020, the Conflicts of Interest Board adopted new and important changes to its post-employment rules that restrict former City employees from contacting their former City agencies. The Board, in addition, on May 21, 2021, adopted rules relating to the acceptance of gifts by City employees in certain recurring situations. This article examines these new rules. (read more…)
Due to an anticipated high level of interest, we are offering this Seminar on two separate dates (May 23rd and May 29th). When registering please choose which date you wish to attend.
Richard Briffault. Image credit: CityLaw.
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 learn how the State engaged with agencies, with the City, and with the private sector. (read more…)
Carolyn Lisa Miller.
Carolyn Lisa Miller was born in Manhattan and raised in Edison, New Jersey. After graduating from Princeton University in 1992 with an English degree, she earned a JD from Columbia Law School in 1995. Miller has worked almost exclusively as a government attorney since she graduated law school.
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)
Wayne Hawley. Image credit: NYC Conflicts of Interest Board
Wayne Hawley has served with the Conflicts of Interest Board since 1999. Born in California, Hawley grew up in a military family and moved frequently, completing high school in Virginia before returning to California as an undergrad at Claremont McKenna College. He relocated to the East Coast again for Yale Law School, then in his words, “followed the bouncing ball” back to Los Angeles for two years of private practice. Hawley crossed the country again to work as staff counsel to the Cleveland chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, finally arriving in New York City as executive director of MFY Legal Services in 1985. He held that position until joining the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board in 1999.
