§ 2590-n. Conflicts of interest. * 1. It shall be unlawful for any\ncommunity board member, community superintendent, or any such other\nofficer or employee in schools and programs under the jurisdiction of\nthe community board as the chancellor by regulation shall specify, to be\ndirectly or indirectly interested in the furnishing of any supplies or\nmaterials, or in the doing of any work or labor, or in the sale or\nleasing of any real estate, or in any proposal, agreement, or contract\nfor any of these purposes, in any case in which the price or\nconsideration is to be paid, in whole or in part, directly or\nindirectly, out of any school moneys, or who shall have received from\nany source whatever any commission or compensation in connection with\nany of the matters aforesaid.\n * NB
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§ 2590-n. Conflicts of interest. * 1. It shall be unlawful for any\ncommunity board member, community superintendent, or any such other\nofficer or employee in schools and programs under the jurisdiction of\nthe community board as the chancellor by regulation shall specify, to be\ndirectly or indirectly interested in the furnishing of any supplies or\nmaterials, or in the doing of any work or labor, or in the sale or\nleasing of any real estate, or in any proposal, agreement, or contract\nfor any of these purposes, in any case in which the price or\nconsideration is to be paid, in whole or in part, directly or\nindirectly, out of any school moneys, or who shall have received from\nany source whatever any commission or compensation in connection with\nany of the matters aforesaid.\n * NB Effective until June 30, 2026\n * 1. It shall be unlawful for any community board member, community\nsuperintendent or any such other officer or employee in schools and\nprograms under the jurisdiction of the community board as the city board\nby regulation shall specify, to be directly or indirectly interested in\nthe furnishing of any supplies or materials, or in the doing of any work\nor labor, or in the sale or leasing of any real estate, or in any\nproposal, agreement or contract for any of these purposes, in any case\nin which the price or consideration is to be paid, in whole or in part,\ndirectly or indirectly, out of any school moneys, or who shall have\nreceived from any source whatever any commission or compensation in\nconnection with any of the matters aforesaid.\n * NB Effective June 30, 2026\n 2. a. A community board member may not (i) use his official authority\nor influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result\nof an election or a nomination for office; or (ii) directly or\nindirectly coerce, attempt to coerce or command a community board\nemployee or a city board employee to pay, lend or contribute anything of\nvalue to a party, committee, organization, agency or person for\npolitical purposes or to participate in any political campaign.\n b. Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision to the contrary,\na community board member may participate in, affect or aid the result of\nsuch person's own election or nomination for office or express opinions\non political subjects and candidates.\n c. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed (i) to limit the\napplicability of section one hundred seven of the civil service law to\ncommunity board members; or (ii) to preclude a community board member\nfrom carrying out any duty prescribed by law.\n 3. Violation of this section shall constitute cause for removal from\noffice in accordance with notice and hearing provisions contained in\nregulations and by-laws of the city board.\n 4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to authors of school\nbooks used in any of the public schools because of any interest they may\nhave as authors in such books.\n