Ethics Advisory Opinions

Whether the two-year bar is applicable to a former State employee whose proposed employment would require creating reports for submission to her former agency and discussing such reports with her...

Whether the two-year bar is applicable for a former OPWDD employee seeking certification as a family care provider

Declining to extend Public Officers Law § 74 to community colleges affiliated with the State University of New York.

Applying the two-year bar to a former State employee whose proposed employment entails receiving compensation for preparing and reviewing permit applications to be submitted to his former agency for...

Applying the gift restrictions in the Public Officers Law and the Lobbying Act to a gift made to a third party at the direction, or at the designation or recommendation, or on behalf, of a public...

Applying the lifetime bar to a former State employee whose official duties included monitoring activities over which the state had no contractual authority

Reviewing and clarifying the application of the post-employment provisions of the Public Officers Law

Applying the post-employment restrictions to State employees who are also full-time students.

Applying the government-to-government exception to the post-employment restrictions, to employment with entities closely affiliated with State agencies. Certain closely affiliated entities.

Determining one's "former agency"; applying the two-year bar to a former State employee who wishes to respond to a Request for Proposal from his former agency.