What's happening
This bill prohibits certain public officials from selling real property to the state or city without competitive bidding.
Why it matters
Expands conflict-of-interest rules. to include the sale of real property (not just goods or services) by public officials and certain political party leaders to state or city agencies, closing a previous loophole.
Requires competitive bidding. for any such property sales, making it harder for public officials to benefit privately from their positions through direct deals with government entities.
Addresses potential corruption and self-dealing. by ensuring that public officials and their business interests cannot bypass fair market processes when selling property to the government, potentially increasing public trust in government transactions.
May affect real estate holdings and investment strategies. of officials and party leaders, as they can no longer rely on insider access for property sales to government without open competition.
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Limit Officials’ Property Sales
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STATE OF NEW YORK
78
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the sale of real property to the state by certain public officials
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4 of section 73 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 242 of the laws of 1989, are amended to read as follows:
(a) No statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member of the legislature, legislative employee or political party chairman or firm or association of which such person is a member, or corporation, ten per centum or more of the stock of which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such person, shall (i) sell any goods [or], services or real property having a value in excess of twenty-five dollars to any state agency, or (ii) contract for or provide such goods [or], services or real property with or to any private entity where the power to contract, appoint or retain on behalf of such private entity is exercised, directly or indirectly, by a state agency or officer thereof, unless such goods [or], services or real property are provided pursuant to an award or contract let after public notice and competitive bidding. This paragraph shall not apply to the publication of resolutions, advertisements or other legal propositions or notices in newspapers designated pursuant to law for such purpose and for which the rates are fixed pursuant to law.
(b) No political party chairman of a county wholly included in a city with a population of more than one million, or firm or association of which such person is a member, or corporation, ten per centum or more of the stock of which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such person, shall (i) sell any goods [or], services or real property having
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a value in excess of twenty-five dollars to any city agency, or (ii) contract for or provide such goods [or], services or real property with or to any private entity where the power to contract, appoint or retain on behalf of such private entity is exercised directly or indirectly, by a city agency or officer thereof, unless such goods [or], services or real property are provided pursuant to an award or contract let after public notice and competitive bidding. This paragraph shall not apply to the publication of resolutions, advertisements or other legal propositions or notices in newspapers designated pursuant to law for such purpose and for which the rates are fixed pursuant to law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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