NEW YORK — For years, metropolis officers have been topic to a short lived ban on contacting their former employers after leaving authorities jobs. Now, as Mayor Eric Adams’ former chief of workers begins a high-end consulting store, the Metropolis Council is transferring to rein within the profitable observe even additional.
Council Member Lincoln Restler — a Progressive Caucus chief who has lengthy been at odds with the ex-staffer, Frank Carone — is introducing laws to develop restrictions that may forestall from showing earlier than any metropolis company for 2 years. Restler can be introducing an analogous invoice for former elected officers.
That may be a marked enlargement from the present guidelines, which solely bar high-ranking administration officers from showing earlier than the precise company or portfolio they as soon as oversaw.
The laws particularly names public servants with policy-making energy inside the government workplace of the mayor, together with the Legislation Division and the Metropolis Council.
The invoice, a duplicate of which was obtained by POLITICO, additionally spells out modifications to the Metropolis Constitution to additional prohibit former elected officers’ interactions with municipal authorities.
The bundle is broadly considered as a strategy to restrict Carone’s affect, based on two lawmakers who would solely communicate on background and never for attribution.
Restler didn't instantly reply for remark.
Carone, who will chair the mayor’s 2025 re-election marketing campaign, stated an announcement: “After nearly 30 skilled years, I've a powerful report of successful and delivering for my purchasers. I've performed this inside the 4 corners of the principles. If, nevertheless, the principles change, then I'll do the identical following regardless of the legislation so requires.”