Do private mtgs. between Bill de Blasio and Bronx @NYCCouncil delegation violate open meetings law ? http://t.co/Fy2AgzNpG7 @AGSchneiderman
— Stop Christine Quinn (@stopchrisquinn) January 7, 2014
In a Council speaker race already beset by campaign finance violations and issues of possible ethics violations, now comes word that the mayor planned and scheduled private lobbying meetings between publicly-elected officials with neither any notice for the public to witness or participate nor any full recording of the official business transacted during these meetings for the public to be able to examine.
Do private council speaker lobbying meetings violate the open meetings law of New York State ?