Fwd: COIB Order Announced

[Ralph Yozzo]

This is what our conflict of interest board is doing. 

Literally fining people for bringing their children with them. 

While the so-called "Representatives" are ripping us off left and right to the tune of billions of dollars. 

This is egregious behavior by these petty bureaucrats.  The fine and the waste of time, not the mother. 

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From: press1 <pre...@coib.nyc.gov>
Date: Fri, Oct 3, 2025, 11:38 AM
Subject: COIB Order Announced
To:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2025

CONTACT: Jeffrey Tremblay at trem...@coib.nyc.gov or (212) 437-0740

 

The New York City Conflicts of Interest Board (the “Board”) announces a Board Order (attached as “COIB Order”) concerning a now-former employee of the New York City Department of Education (“DOE”).

 

Misuse of City Resources. DOE provides support to its students in temporary housing (“STH”) through social workers, family assistants, and enrichment programs. A family assistant for STH took her two children, who were not STH, to a performance of the Broadway show “Wicked” and on trips to Washington, D.C., the Rocking Horse Ranch Resort, and Florida, including Disney World, Universal Studios, and Cape Canaveral.

 

After a full hearing, New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (“OATH”), Administrative Law Judge Julia Lee issued a Report and Recommendation recommending a $7,500 fine. Following that recommendation, the Board imposed a fine of $7,500 on the now-former family assistant. In setting this fine, the Board considered that, while her conduct was egregious, Respondent was a low-level public servant with very little authority, factors also considered by Judge Lee.

 

The fine is to be paid within 30 days of the date of the Order. This is the fifth Board enforcement action fining DOE employees who took their family members on trips and other excursions intended for STH.

 

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