Rubenfeld v. New York State Ethics Commission

Mercure, J.P.

Froceeding pursuant to CFLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating Fublic Officers Law § 73 (5) and assessed against him a civil penalty of $2,000.

In 2002, petitioner was the Director of Interagency Coordination for the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access Froject *1196(hereinafter ESAP), a division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (hereinafter MTA). While working on ESAP, petitioner was paid by the Metro-North Railroad, where he had…