COIB Settlements Announced

 

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

 

Prohibited Appearances. A Project Engineer for the New York City Department of Transportation (“DOT”) also works as a Registered Design Professional on private construction projects in New York City. In performing this work, he filed documents under his Professional Engineer license related to 26 construction jobs with the New York City Department of Buildings (“DOB”), violating the conflicts of interest law’s prohibition on public servants communicating with the City for private compensation. In a joint settlement with the Board and DOT, the Project Engineer agreed to pay a $2,000 fine to the Board. The Disposition is attached as “COIB Disposition (DOT).”

 

Misuse of City Resources; Misuse of City Position. An Educational Assistant at the New York City Department of Education (“DOE”) was assigned to chaperone a school trip to “The Lion King” on Broadway and was responsible for distributing tickets to the students, their family members, and chaperones approved to attend the trip. There were three remaining tickets, which the Educational Assistant gave, without informing the school’s principal, to her adult sons, allowing her sons and one son’s girlfriend to attend the show free of charge. To resolve this conduct, DOE deducted the cost of the tickets—$693—from the Educational Assistant’s pay. In a separate settlement with the Board, the Educational Assistant agreed to incorporate the DOE-imposed penalty into a public disposition with no additional Board-imposed penalty. The Disposition is attached as “COIB Disposition (DOE).”