Post-employment rules for interns

February 2020 Questions of Note

Is a City intern subject to the State’s One-Year post-employment rule? 

It depends on whether the intern is a “public employee” as defined under the State Ethics Act. Such status is determined by examining objective sources establishing what the intern has the authority to do as a City intern.

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