QUESTION
What are the restrictions for former high-level city officials appearing before their former agencies and other city entities after leaving service?
0:47:24
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The council member asks about the specific post-employment restrictions that apply to former senior officials like the mayor's chief of staff.
- There is a one-year ban on communicating with their former agency after leaving city service.
- However, they can appear before other city agencies immediately after leaving their position.
- The general counsel notes that city agencies are well-informed about these rules and often shut down improper communications before they become substantive.
- He states this happens frequently and is an important reason why there are relatively few violations.
Lincoln Restler
0:47:24
I wanna ask about, you know, why don't we shift to, you know, the hypothetical situation of, say, the mayor's chief of staff.
0:47:32
Who had approved all hiring decisions, been involved in every key policy decision in the mayor's 1st year in office, decides to leave city government Could you just remind us what are the restrictions currently on who he can appear before after he leaves city service?
Ethan Carrier
0:47:47
Sure.
0:47:48
Let me just before I do let me just add a 4th category to the 3 bit US, which is of like why it is there aren't that many post employment violations.
0:47:56
When you have a city workforce that's very well educated about what the post employment restrictions are.
0:48:01
When a former public servant tries of that agency tries to contact his work our colleagues.
0:48:07
They know what the rules are, and they tell that person we won't talk to you.
0:48:12
Right?
0:48:12
So they're in fact shutting this communication down before anything's substantive actually happened.
0:48:17
I think that happens all the time.
0:48:19
We I actually get calls from attorneys at city agencies just say and, hey, we're just confirming.
0:48:24
This guy wanted to talk to us.
0:48:26
We said we can't we're, you know, we're right.
0:48:29
Right?
0:48:29
He's still in his 1st year.
0:48:30
Restriction implies that way.
0:48:32
That's right.
0:48:32
And there's no reason to, like, you know, find somebody money when the city agency identifies right at the outset and nothing of force.
0:48:39
I it's that 4th category is important, I think, actually covers thousands of such attempts probably each year.
0:48:47
With regard to the senior staff at the mayor's office
Lincoln Restler
0:48:50
Yeah.