COIB Settlements Announced - December 30, 2025

 

The New York City Conflicts of Interest Board (the “Board”) announces five settlements.

 

Misuse of City Position; Superior-Subordinate Financial Relationship. The Director of Nursing for Cardiac Telemetry at New York City Health + Hospitals/Bellevue violated the conflicts of interest law in multiple ways through conduct involving a longtime subordinate at Bellevue.

 

• The Director of Nursing subleased an apartment to her subordinate from 2010 to 2015, thus entering into a prohibited financial relationship with that subordinate. Additionally, by continuing to supervise the subordinate during this time, she misused her City position to benefit someone with whom she had a financial relationship.

 

• When her subordinate died of COVID-19 in 2020, the Director of Nursing set up a GoFundMe in the subordinate’s name, highlighting the subordinate’s work for Bellevue and stating that donations would assist the subordinate’s immediate family. The GoFundMe raised more than $27,000.  The Director kept more than $22,000 for three years, turning over these funds to the subordinate’s family only after an investigation had been launched into her conduct by the New York City Department of Investigation. By keeping these donations for three years, the Director misused her City position for personal gain.

 

To resolve her violations, the Director of Nursing agreed to pay a $7,000 fine. The Disposition is attached as “COIB Disposition (Health + Hospitals).”

 

Misuse of City Resources. The New York City Administration for Children’s Services (“ACS”) contracted with a car service to provide transportation for ACS employees under limited circumstances. Contrary to ACS guidelines and without written approval, an ACS Child Welfare Specialist Supervisor used the car service to commute between his assigned work location and his home. ACS paid $5,080 in total for 120 trips taken by the Supervisor. To resolve his misuse of City resources, the now-former Supervisor agreed to pay a $6,000 fine. The Disposition is attached as “COIB Disposition (ACS).”

 

Prohibited Post-Employment Communications. The Director of the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (“MOCS”) and her Executive Assistant left City service to become CEO and Administrative Coordinator, respectively, at Catholic Charities Community Services (“CCCS”). Shortly after departing City service, the former Executive Assistant sent emails to her former MOCS colleagues seeking their guidance on behalf of CCCS partners. In her emails, the former Executive Assistant wrote that she was reaching out on behalf of the former Director. Through these emails, the former Director and Executive Assistant violated the conflicts of interest law’s post-employment communication ban, which prohibits them from communicating, for compensation, with their former agency for one year following their departure from City service. To resolve their violations, the former Director agreed to pay a $2,500 fine and the former Executive Assistant agreed to pay a $1,000 fine. These fines took into account that the former Director had been advised by Board Staff that she was prohibited from communicating with MOCS for one year after her departure form City service. The Board also considered that the former Executive Assistant was acting at the request of her supervisor. The Dispositions are attached as “COIB Disposition (MOCS-1)” and “COIB Disposition (MOCS-2).”

 

Moonlighting; Misuse of City Time. An Assistant Dean at the New York City Department of Education (“DOE”) had a second job at New York Junior Tennis and Learning (“NYJTL”), a firm with business dealings with DOE. He performed 26½ hours of work for NYJTL at times when he was being paid to perform work for DOE. The Assistant Dean agreed to pay a $2,000 fine for misusing City time and for holding a prohibited position. The Disposition is attached as “COIB Disposition (DOE).”

COIB is the independent, non-mayoral City agency charged with interpreting, administering, and enforcing the City's Conflicts of Interest Law, Annual Disclosure Law, Lobbyist Gift Law, Affiliated Not-for-Profits Law, and Legal Defense Trusts Law.