2019 New York Laws
GMU - General Municipal
Article 18 - Conflicts of Interest of Municipal Officers and Employees
809 - Disclosure in Certain Applications.

§  809.  Disclosure  in  certain  applications.  1. Every application,
petition or request submitted  for  a  variance,  amendment,  change  of
zoning,  approval  of  a  plat,  exemption  from a plat or official map,
license or permit, pursuant to the provisions of  any  ordinance,  local
law, rule or regulation constituting the zoning and planning regulations
of  a  municipality  shall  state the name, residence and the nature and
extent of the interest of any state officer or any officer  or  employee
of  such municipality or of a municipality of which such municipality is
a  part,  in  the  person,  partnership  or  association   making   such
application,  petition  or request (hereinafter called the applicant) to
the extent known to such applicant.
  2. For the purpose of this section an officer  or  employee  shall  be
deemed  to  have  an  interest  in the applicant when he, his spouse, or
their brothers, sisters, parents, children, grandchildren, or the spouse
of any of them
  (a) is the applicant, or
  (b) is an officer, director, partner or employee of the applicant, or
  (c) legally or beneficially owns or  controls  stock  of  a  corporate
applicant or is a member of a partnership or association applicant, or
  (d)  is  a  party  to  an agreement with such an applicant, express or
implied, whereby he may receive any payment or other benefit, whether or
not for services rendered, dependent or contingent  upon  the  favorable
approval of such application, petition or request.
  3.  In the county of Nassau the provisions of subdivisions one and two
of this section shall also apply to a party officer.    "Party  officer"
shall  mean  any  person  holding  any  position  or  office, whether by
election,  appointment  or  otherwise,  in  any  party  as  defined   by
subdivision four of section two of the election law.
  4.  Ownership of less than five per cent of the stock of a corporation
whose stock is listed on the New York or American Stock Exchanges  shall
not constitute an interest for the purposes of this section.
  5.  A  person  who  knowingly  and intentionally violates this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.