A Proposal to Make New York City's Conflicts of Interest Board More Independent
The ethics commission for the largest American city, and the only one
with a truly appropriate title — New York City's <a href="http://www.nyc.gov/html/conflicts/html/home/home.shtml" target="”_blank”">Conflicts
of Interest Board</a> — is appointed by the city's extremely strong
mayor, with council approval.<br>
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If this old and highly respected EC were to be made independent of the