§ 800. Definitions. When used in this article and unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Chief fiscal officer” means a comptroller, commissioner of finance, director of finance or other officer possessing similar powers and duties, except that in a school district the term shall not mean a member of the […]
§ 801. Conflicts of interest prohibited. Except as provided in section eight hundred two of this chapter, (1) no municipal officer or employee shall have an interest in any contract with the municipality of which he is an officer or employee, when such officer or employee, individually or as a member of a board, has […]
§ 802. Exceptions. The provisions of section eight hundred one of this chapter shall not apply to: 1. a. The designation of a bank or trust company as a depository, paying agent, registration agent or for investment of funds of a municipality except when the chief fiscal officer, treasurer, or his deputy or employee, has […]
§ 803. Disclosure of interest. 1. Any municipal officer or employee who has, will have, or later acquires an interest in or whose spouse has, will have, or later acquires an interest in any actual or proposed contract, purchase agreement, lease agreement or other agreement, including oral agreements, with the municipality of which he or […]
§ 804. Contracts void. Any contract willfully entered into by or with a municipality in which there is an interest prohibited by this article shall be null, void and wholly unenforceable.
§ 804-a. Certain interests prohibited. No member of the governing board, of a municipality shall have any interest in the development or operation of any real property located within Nassau County and developed or operated by any membership corporation originally formed for purposes among which are the following: 1. to plan for, advise, recommend, promote […]
§ 805. Violations. Any municipal officer or employee who willfully and knowingly violates the foregoing provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
§ 805-a. Certain action prohibited. 1. No municipal officer or employee shall: a. directly or indirectly, solicit any gift, or accept or receive any gift having a value of seventy-five dollars or more, whether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing or promise, or in any other form, under circumstances in […]
§ 805-b. Solemnization of marriages. Notwithstanding any statute, law or rule to the contrary, no public officer listed in section eleven of the domestic relations law shall be prohibited from accepting any fee or compensation having a value of one hundred dollars or less, whether in the form of money, property, services or entertainment, for […]
§ 806. Code of ethics. 1. (a) The governing body of each county, city, town, village, school district and fire district shall and the governing body of any other municipality may by local law, ordinance or resolution adopt a code of ethics setting forth for the guidance of its officers and employees the standards of […]
§ 807. Posting of statute. The chief executive officer of each municipality shall cause a copy of sections eight hundred through eight hundred nine of this article to be kept posted in each public building under the jurisdiction of his or her municipality in a place conspicuous to its officers and employees. Failure to post […]
§ 808. Boards of ethics. 1. The governing body of any county may establish a county board of ethics and appropriate moneys for maintenance and personal services in connection therewith. The members of such board of ethics shall be appointed by such governing body except in the case of a county operating under an optional […]
§ 809. Disclosure in certain applications. 1. Every application, petition or request submitted for a variance, amendment, change of zoning, approval of a plat, exemption from a plat or official map, license or permit, pursuant to the provisions of any ordinance, local law, rule or regulation constituting the zoning and planning regulations of a municipality […]
§ 810. Additional definitions. As used in sections eight hundred eleven and eight hundred twelve of this article: 1. The term “political subdivision” shall mean a county, city, town or village having a population of fifty thousand or more and shall include a city with a population of one million or more. 2. The term […]
§ 811. Promulgation of form of annual statement of financial disclosure; authority of governing body with respect to persons subject thereto. 1. (a) The governing body of each political subdivision may, not later than January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, and the governing body of any other municipality may at any time subsequent to the effective […]
§ 812. Financial disclosure for local elected officials and certain officers and employees of counties, cities, towns and villages. 1. (a) Any political subdivision or other county, city, town or village to which all of the provisions of this section are made applicable, whether as the result of the provisions contained in subdivision two of […]
