Speers v. New York State Ethics Commission

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Keegan, J.), entered August 6, 1993 in Albany County, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to annul determinations of respondents that petitioner’s service as a member of the City of Buffalo Water Board violates Public Officers Law § 74.

Petitioner is employed as a Senior Examiner of Municipal Affairs by the Office of State Comptroller (hereinafter OSC) in the City of Buffalo, Erie County. In this regard, petitioner performs on-site field examinations of the accounts and fiscal affairs of small units…