CLE Event: The 22nd Annual Citywide Seminar on Ethics in City Government

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The Conflicts of Interest Board and the Center for New York City Law

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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)


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