N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1230-v: Code of ethics

§ 1230-v. Code of ethics. 1. As used in this section the term

"employee" shall mean any member, officer, agent or employee of the

authority or the water board.

2. No employee shall have any interest financial or otherwise, direct

or indirect, or engage in any business or transaction or professional

activity or incur any obligation of any nature, which is in substantial

conflict with the proper discharge of his or her duties in the public

interest.

3. Standards for such code of ethics shall be as follows:

(a) No employee shall accept other employment which will impair his or

her independence of judgment in the exercise of his or her official

duties.

(b) No employee shall accept employment or engage in any business or

professional activity which will require the employee to disclose

confidential information which he or she has gained by reason of his or

her official position or authority.

(c) No employee shall disclose confidential information acquired by

the employee in the course of his or her official duties nor use such

information to further his or her personal interests.

(d) No employee shall use or attempt to use his or her official

position to secure unwarranted privileges or exemptions for himself or

herself or others.

(e) No employee shall engage in any transaction as representative or

agent of the authority or water board with any person or business entity

in which he or she has a direct or indirect financial interest that

might reasonably tend to conflict with the proper discharge of his or

her official duties.

(f) An employee shall not by his or her conduct give reasonable basis

for the impression that any person can improperly influence such

employee or unduly enjoy his or her favor in the performance of his or

her official duties, or that he or she is affected by the kinship, rank,

position or influence of any party or person.

(g) An employee shall abstain from making personal investments in

enterprises which he or she has reason to believe may be directly

involved in decisions to be made by the employee or which will otherwise

create substantial conflict between his or her duty in the public

interest and his or her private interest.

(h) An employee shall endeavor to pursue a course of conduct which

will not raise suspicion among the public that he or she is likely to be

engaged in acts that are in violation of his or her trust.

(i) No employee employed on a full-time basis nor any person, firm or

association of which such an employee is a member, nor corporation a

substantial portion of the stock of which is owned or controlled

directly or indirectly by such employee, shall sell goods or services to

any person, firm, corporation or association which is licensed or whose

rates are fixed by the water board in which such employee serves or is

employed.

(j) If any employee shall have a financial interest, direct or

indirect, having a value of ten thousand dollars or more, in any

activity which is subject to the jurisdiction of a regulatory agency, he

or she shall file with the secretary of state and secretary of the water

board a written statement that he or she has such a financial interest

in such activity which statement shall be open to public inspection.

4. In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law,

any such employee who shall knowingly and intentionally violate any of

the provisions of this section may be fined, suspended or removed from

office or employment in accordance with the rules and regulations of the

water board. It shall be a misdemeanor for any such employee to be in

any way or manner interested, directly or indirectly, in the furnishing

of work, materials, supplies or labor, in any contract therefor which

the authority or the water board is empowered to make by this title.