§ 102 A City Administrative Law Judge Shall Avoid Impropriety and the Appearance of Impropriety in All of His or Her Activities.
RCNY § 102
(A) A City administrative law judge shall respect and comply with the law and shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of City tribunals. (B) A City administrative law judge shall not allow family, social, political or other relationships to influence his or her judicial conduct or judgment. (C) A City administrative law judge shall not lend the prestige of judicial office to advance the private interests of the City administrative law judge or others; nor shall a City administrative law judge convey to others, or permit others to convey, the impression that they are in a special position to influence him or her. (D) A City administrative law judge shall not testify voluntarily as a character witness before a City tribunal on which he or she serves. (E) A City administrative law judge shall not hold membership in any organization that practices invidious discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, gender (including gender identity), sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, domestic partnership status, immigration or citizenship status, military status, or any other protected status enumerated in the City Human Rights Law, Administrative Code § 8-101, or the State Human Rights Law, Executive Law § 291. This provision does not prohibit a City administrative law judge from holding membership in an organization that is dedicated to the preservation of religious, ethnic, cultural or other values of legitimate common interest to its members. (Amended City Record 4/23/2021, eff. 5/23/2021)
