Lancaster collects ethics award from Conflict of Interest Board.Buildings Commissioner Patricia J. Lancaster, FAIA FAIA Florida Association of Insurance Agents FAIA Food Additives and Ingredients Association (Kent, UK) FAIA Fellow, American Institute of Architects (honorary position) , accepted the 2007 Sheldon Oliensis Ethics in City Government Award. The annual award is given by the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB COIB Conflicts of Interest Board ) to a New York City agency that demonstrates a commitment to the promotion of ethics and integrity. The COIB voted to present the award this year to the Buildings Department in recognition of the Department's dedicated and successful efforts to infuse in·fuse v. 1. To steep or soak without boiling in order to extract soluble elements or active principles. 2. To introduce a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes. integrity, accountability, and efficiency into of the Agency's operations. Steven Rosenfeld, chairman of the Conflicts of Interest Board, presented Commissioner Lancaster with the award at a ceremony kicking off the COIB's 13th Annual Seminar on Ethics in New York City Government at the Center for New York City Law in Manhattan. Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn delivered keynote addresses keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. at the ceremony. "When I was appointed by the Mayor in 2002, Commissioner Gill Hearn and I ironed out a plan to institute anti-corruption measures and bring integrity back into operations at the Buildings Department. This award today acknowledges a significant step in the right direction toward restoring professionalism, impartiality im·par·tial adj. Not partial or biased; unprejudiced. See Synonyms at fair1. im  par·ti·al , transparency, and
accountability at the Buildings Department," said Commissioner
Lancaster. "I'd like to thank Commissioner Gill Hearn for her
full commitment to this effort and my staff for all their hard work over
the past five years."
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