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  • Conflicts of Interest Board Reiterates Request for Independent Budgeting

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    CM Ferreras and Speaker Mark-Viverito at a 2014 budget hearing (photo: William Alatriste)

    At a hearing of the City Council Standards and Ethics Committee held at City Hall Thursday, representatives of the city's Conflicts of Interest Board reiterated a long-standing request for an independent budget.

    In his testimony, Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) Deputy Executive Director Wayne Hawley said, "For almost two decades the board has sought an independent budget." The fact that the Board is charged

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