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Filing of Annual Disclosure Reports by Candidates

Candidates for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, City Council, Borough President, and District Attorney must file an annual disclosure report with the Conflicts of Interest Board ("COIB") pursuant to New York City Administrative Code § 12-110. Reports from candidates running in the November 2013 election from established parties are due on July 11, 2013, the last day for filing designating petitions with the Board of Elections. See NYC Admin. Code § 12-110 (b)(2)(a). Write-in candidates must file by September 30, 2013, 20 days after the September 10, 2013, primary election0. See NYC Admin. Code § 12-110 (b)(2)(b). Candidates from independent bodies must file their reports by the last date to file independent nominating petitions, which is August 20, 2013.

Please note that candidates seeking matching funds from the Campaign Finance Board ("CFB") must present to CFB a certification receipt with a raised seal from COIB on or before the first business day after the deadline for filing petitions with the Board of Elections in order to be eligible to receive public funds. See CFB’s website for more information:

http://www.nyccfb.info/candidates/candidates/coibrequirement.aspx?sm=candidates_coib

Links to the report to be submitted by candidates and instructions for completing the report follow:

 2013 Candidate Annual Disclosure Report
 Instructions for Completing the 2013 Candidate Annual Disclosure Report 

 


Financial Disclosure Law Amended

On December 12, 2012, Mayor Bloomberg signed Local Law 58 of 2012, amending the financial disclosure law, as proposed by the Conflicts of Interest Board.  The law brings the City’s annual disclosure law into compliance with various State law mandates; creates a new form for filing by uncompensated members of policymaking City boards and commissions and by members, officers, and employees of City public authorities; and adds a minimal amount of required disclosure for current filers.  Links to City Hall’s press release and the bill follow. 

City Hall Press Release
Local Law 58 of 2012 

Proposed Charter Amendments
NYC Charter Section 2602(j) requires that the Conflicts of Interest Board periodically recommend to the NYC Council such revisions to Chapter 68 of the Charter, the City's conflicts of interest (ethics) law, as the Board "may consider appropriate or desirable." 

On August 3, 2009, the Board forwarded to the Council Speaker the recommendations it adopted at its June 30, 2009, meeting

Changes in the training and penalties provisions were adopted by the voters on November 2, 2010.  

On April 29, 2011, the Board held a public meeting concerning a scaled-back version of the Board’s Proposed Charter Amendments. 

On October 19, 2011, the Board held an open meeting at which it adopted staff’s proposed amendment to Section 2608 of Chapter 68 of the New York City Charter.

On April 18, 2012, the Board held a public meeting at which time it proposed amendments to Charter Sections 2604(b)(16) and 2604(c)(7). 

 Click here to see all links to the minutes, agenda memos, exhibits and other related documents for all relevant meetings. 

 

Services

Introduction to Chapter 68
Want to know exactly what "a conflict of interest" is as defined by Chapter 68 of the City Charter?

●  Read Chapter 68 of the City Charter (in PDF)
●  A Plain Language Guide to Chapter 68 (in PDF)
●  A Brief Overview of Chapter 68 (in PDF)

Policymaker Lists
Below you will find a link to a page that hosts a list of all public servants deemed by their respective agencies to be "policymakers."

●  Policymaker Lists

COIB Documents
Certain COIB documents are available to the public.  Click the link below for a list of those documents and an explanation of how to access them. 

● List of Public COIB Documents (in PDF).


NEW Training Video
The Training & Education Unit has created a new training video that covers the basic requirements of the Conflicts of Interest Law. The video has been broken into segments which can be viewed by clicking on the link to our "Multimedia" page below.

●  Go to the New Training Video on the Supplementary Materials Page

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