Sentences with phrase «ethics officials saw»

For some reason, Placide said, ethics officials saw their role as fighting the fight for BigLaw.

Not exact matches

But Martins, 50, of Old Westbury, doesn't see why having an ethics officer who answers to the county executive and whose budget is dependent on that official is a problem.

District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, a member of the county's five - person ethics board, said the new law is necessary to rein in «chronically obtuse» officials who fail to see that outside income poses potential conflicts of interest with their elected positions.