New York City Conflict of Interest Board Enforcement Fines

Data.cityofnewyork.us provides a list of enforcement actions by the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) against public servants. It records fines paid and imposed, suspension days, and other penalties for violations resolved by settlement or Board order. The dataset was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between Suspension Days and Fine Paid to COIB to model penalty severity.
• Compare Fine Imposed by COIB but not Paid across different Agencies to assess enforcement effectiveness.
• Identify common Other Penalty types and their associated Other Penalty Value for different violation categories.
• Track temporal trends in enforcement actions and settlement amounts using the Date and Fine Paid to Agency columns.

Strengths

• Contains 13 specific columns detailing fine amounts, penalties, and case metadata.
• Provides data on multiple penalty types including monetary fines, suspensions, and other sanctions.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting statistical reliability.
• Geographic scope is limited to New York City public servants, reducing generalizability.
• Data completeness for fields like Fine Imposed by COIB but not Paid is uncertain.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us

Collection Method

Collected from COIB enforcement actions resolved by settlement or Board order.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

New York City, USA