De Blasio to disclose ‘substantive’ lobbyist meetings
Sally Goldenberg
Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to disclose "substantive" meetings his administration conducts with lobbyists, continuing a practice he implemented when he was the city's public advocate.
"I've tried to, in my time as public advocate and continue as mayor, do something I believe in," he told reporters on Tuesday, in response to a question about the lack of media access to events on his public schedule. "For example, when I have any kind of substantive conversation on a lobbying matter with a lobbyist, I think that should be disclosed. We've done that voluntarily. That's a standard we'd like to see applied more broadly."
A spokesman later confirmed de Blasio "intends to implement" a similar practice as mayor.
The Associated Press posed the question following an unrelated press conference in Brooklyn, and subsequently posted a story that reported 20 percent of events de Blasio attends in his capacity as mayor are closed or restricted to reporters, according to his public schedules.
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/05/8546065/de-blasio-disclose-substantive-lobbyist-meetings
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