§ 1-18 Use of City Title in Promotional Materials.
RCNY § 1-18
(a)Pursuant to Section 2604(b)(2) of the Charter and Section 2604(b)(3) of the Charter, a public servant may use or permit the use of his or her City title and/or City agency in promotional materials produced by or on behalf of a non-City product, program, or entity provided that all of the following conditions are met: (i) a demonstrable nexus exists between the product, program, or entity and the mission of the public servant's agency; (ii) neither the agency head nor the public servant is associated, within the meaning of Section 2601(5) of the Charter, with either the person or entity or an employee of the person or entity that is the subject of the endorsement or whose product or program is the subject of the endorsement; (iii) the public servant's agency head approves in writing the use of the public servant's City title and/or City agency; and (iv) if the promotional materials solicit donations for a not-for-profit organization, the public servant and public servant's agency comply with the requirements of 53 RCNY § 1-14.
(b)For purposes of this section, an elected official, including a District Attorney, is the agency head of the staff members in their office. The Speaker of the New York City Council is the agency head of the central staff of Council, and a Council Member is the agency head of the staff of their office. (Added City Record 8/25/2020, eff. 9/24/2020)
