A Brooklyn City Councilmember wants to close a loophole in New York City ethics law, which he says permits powerful government staffers to work on projects…
Brooklyn Council Member Lincoln Restler wants to close a loophole in New York City ethics law, which he says permits powerful government staffers to work on projects related to their former private sector employers., a Chief of Staff under Mayor Eric Adams , who continues to have a financial relationship with his former employer, real estate developer Taconic Partners.
The I-Team asked a spokesperson for Taconic Partners whether the company ever contacted Bliss about any matter during his time in City Hall. That rep, Andy Merrill, confirmed the company has reached out to its former employee, but declined to say which projects or properties had been discussed. He also declined to specify which properties are in the Taconic investment fund.
Liz Garcia, a spokesperson for Mayor Adams, also declined to say which properties Bliss discussed with his former employer, but she confirmed the Chief of Staff has now formally distanced himself from Taconic. According to Bliss’s response to the Oversight Committee, an attorney at the City’s Conflicts of Interest Board advised him in 2022 “that a general conflict did not exist and that no formal recusal was necessary” relating to his financial relationship with Taconic. But Bliss also wrote there was “a miscommunication with COIB concerning the nature of my interest in the Fund.” He did not explain what that miscommunication was.
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