REMARKS
Council Member Lincoln Restler remarks on the Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) meeting on policy maker designation rules
1:02:51
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Council Member Restler disagrees with COIB's assessment that people do not care about being designated as policy makers.
- He says people actively try to avoid the policy maker designation
- The designation prevents fundraising, being on host committees, and other political activities
- Restler cites wild discrepancies across agencies on who is considered a policy maker
- He believes the proposed rules do not go far enough in accurately reflecting senior policy makers consistently
Lincoln Restler
1:02:51
I I just wanna say on the record, I having worked in city government for over a decade, I totally disagree with your assessment that people don't care about being on or off the list.
1:03:01
People actively try to stay off the list.
1:03:03
You're not able to fundraise, be around a host committee.
1:03:05
Can't be involved in all kinds of political activities that people care about if they're on this list.
1:03:11
And so, in my experience, ans when we were in the De Blasio administration when I worked in the De Blasio administration, there was wild discrepancies agency to agency on how they approached this list and a lack of uniformity in in who was considered a substantial policymaker.
1:03:26
And so while we appreciate some of the improvements that are considered in the rules, we don't believe you're going nearly far enough and ensuring that that the right senior policy makers are being accurately reflected on this consistently across the board.
