NYC Mayor de Blasio violated conflict of interest laws, new letters from watchdog show

“Among other things, the Board advised that you ‘may not, therefore, direct a targeted solicitation to any individual who has, or whose organization has, a matter pending or about to be pending before any such executive branch office or agency,” Briffault wrote. “For a public servant to engage in such targeted solicitations would be to act in conflict with that public servant’s official duties, in violation of [the] City Charter.”