Butler v. Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation et al
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Hempstead supervisor proposes ethics reforms, including anti-nepotism
Laura Gillen is pushing for employees and job applicants to disclose relatives on the town payroll and to increase the number of members on the ethics board.
On Monday, Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen proposed a package of ethics reforms that include anti-nepotism measures, a ban on political activity on town property and increase the town ethics board from three members to five. (Credit: Newsday / Yeong-Ung Yang)
Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen on Monday proposed a package of "desperately needed" ethics reforms to combat nepotism and ban political activity by town employees during work hours or on town property.
The reforms, if approved, would require town employees and job applicants to disclose relatives on the Hempstead payroll, prohibit officials from pressuring employees to make political contributions and increase the town ethics board from three members to five, among other changes, Gillen said.
"The town's current ethics code and rules are scattered, disjointed," she said in Town Hall on Monday, flanked by Town Clerk Sylvia Cabana.
The new measures should provide residents "with the highest level of honesty, integrity, and professionalism," she said.
The proposal of Gillen, a Democrat, would require the approval of the Republican-controlled town board.
Gillen said her staff had crafted the reform package without the input of town board members, but that she will now seek their feedback.
Erin King Sweeney, the board's Republican majority leader, said on Monday that she could not comment on all of Gillen's ethics proposals, as the supervisor had not previously shared the plan with board members and King Sweeney had not yet reviewed it.
She expressed support for certain elements, such as the restrictions on political activities, although she questioned whether the measure might be redundant with existing statutes.
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