City Councilwoman Alexis Aviles met with DSA members from southern Brooklyn at her Sunset Park district office.
The city Conflict of Interest Board law states, “City employees may not use any City time or City resources for any political purpose.”“It would be like running your re-election campaign from your government office. You can’t do that,” the source said. “Ethics rules say you need to keep politics and government separate.”
Avilés claimed in a statement that the meeting didn’t violate the law because they only discussed policy issues.Avilés issued a statement dismissing the assertion. She insisted that she and the group discussed policy issues, not campaigning. “I take the City’s conflicts rules very seriously and would never conduct electoral campaign activities from my district office,” Avilés wrote.
“A meeting of local residents who are of like-mind or adherents to a political philosophy is not a violation of Chapter 68. Nor is it a violation if such meetings concern organizing around central issues, policies and services for the community.”
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