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Int 0076-2024

Post-employment activities of former elected officials.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislationintroduced 2024-02-08

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2024-02-08Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would bar former elected officials from lobbying any agency for two years after their termination from city service.

Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal LegislationMunicipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency, Law Department, Federal legislation, State legislation and Home Rule requests.

How it compares

20% of similar bills passed

10 passed · 40 died

This bill: 691 days in committee

Similar bills: median 307 days · 120 days when passed

Sponsors (14)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-02-08 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-02-08 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-04-19 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-04-19 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation · 2024-04-19 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2024-02-08 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subparagraph c of paragraph 2 of subdivision d of Section 2604 of the New York city charter, as amended by a vote of the electors on November 5, 2019, is amended to read as follows: (c) [The following former public servants] Former elected officials shall not, within a period of two years after termination of their service with the city, appear before any agency [in the branch of city government they served: (1) any elected official; and (2) the holder of the position of deputy mayor, director of the office of management and budget, commissioner of citywide administrative services, corporation counsel, commissioner of finance, commissioner of investigation and chair of the city planning commission. For the purposes of this subparagraph (c), the legislative branch of the city consists of the council and the offices of the council, and the executive branch of the city consists of all other agencies of the city, including the office of the public advocate]. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately following its ratification by the voters of this city in a referendum to be held in the general election next following its enactment. Session 13 LS #11701 11/16/24 Session 12 NAW LS #11701 12/23/22 10:45 AM 1 1