Ethics Training is for Everyone...

All New York State officers and employees are required to attend ethics training every year. 

The Training Team at the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (‘COELIG’) offers live, remote trainings via WebEx every month.

Agency Ethics Officers (or their designees) are expected to be your primary source for live ethics training.  They should be holding ethics courses periodically on an ongoing basis.  Please check with your Ethics Officer or training department for course availability at your workplace.

These sessions are open to employees from any state agency.

The CETC is the only course that satisfies the live ethics training requirement mandated in Executive Law § 94. The CETC is a live, instructor-led training that covers the Public Officers Law and other related ethics laws and regulations.

To receive credit:

• Participants MUST enter their full name and business email
• Participants MUST ATTEND the full session
• Participants MUST demonstrate participation by answering poll questions.

May 2025 Open Sessions

• Tuesday, May 20 from 10 am to 12 pm
• Wednesday, May 21 from 2 to 4 pm
• Thursday, May 22 from 1 to 3 pm
• Tuesday, May 27 from 10 am to 12 pm
• Wednesday, May 28 from 2 to 4 pm
• Thursday, May 29 from 1 to 3 pm

June 2025 Open Sessions

• Tuesday, June 3 from 10 am to 12 pm
• Wednesday, June 4 from 2 to 4 pm
• Thursday, June 5 from 1 to 3 pm
• Tuesday, June 10 from 10 am to 12 pm
• Wednesday, June 11 from 2 to 4 pm
• Thursday, June 12 from 1 to 3 pm
• Tuesday, June 17 from 10 am to 12 pm
• Wednesday, June 18 from 2 to 4 pm
• Tuesday, June 24 from 10 am to 12 pm
• Wednesday, June 25 from 2 to 4 pm
• Thursday, June 26 from 1 to 3 pm

I’m a SUNY employee and/or faculty member, I don’t have an employee ID number.

Wrong. Yes, you do. Login to NYS Payroll online through the SUNY Employee Services Portal. 

First time login requires that you know your NYS ID.  This is a 9-digit number, beginning with N, which you can find by logging in to your personal information. Your NYS ID will be in the upper right corner of the page. New employees can access NYSPO for the first time on the Monday prior to the date of the first paycheck. Need help?  Contact your SUNY Campus Payroll Administrator.

Enrollment Information:

We currently have our class sizes set to 400 employees - that's the most our Webex remote video conferencing technology can accommodate without sacrificing video and audio quality.  

If when enrolling, no sessions appears - classes are full.  

Please note that class capacity is limited for these open CETC sessions - as such, enrollment is on a first come, first serve basis.

To attend live ethics training with the COELIG Training Team, the state workforce (state officers, employees, paid and unpaid board commission members and employees and faculty of the SUNY and CUNY campuses) must enroll by utilizing our SETA Class Registration Self Enrollment Form.  Employees that have successfully enrolled will immediately see a confirmation screen and will receive a confirmation email that contains the class details and WebEx link.  Please note the confirmation email will NOT create an automatic calendar or ical appointment reminder.  See screenshot below.   

For step-by-step instructions on how to utilize our self-enrollment form - scroll to the next section to view and download our attached PDF instructions .

ENROLL NOW USING OUR SELF-ENROLLMENT CLASS REGISTRATION PORTAL

SETA Class Enrollment Confirmation Screen

I’m a SUNY employee and/or faculty member, I don’t have an employee ID number.

Wrong. Yes, you do. Login to NYS Payroll online through the SUNY Employee Services Portal. 

First time login requires that you know your NYS ID.  This is a 9-digit number, beginning with N, which you can find by logging in to your personal information. Your NYS ID will be in the upper right corner of the page. New employees can access NYSPO for the first time on the Monday prior to the date of the first paycheck. Need help?  Contact your SUNY Campus Payroll Administrator.

Training is provided via WebEx. Participants do not need a camera or microphone to attend. Participants are required to connect individually and not in a group setting.  All participants must be able to view the presentation. Participation and attendance is tracked utilizing a combination of WebEx polling features and chat participation. 

Please note: COELIG does not offer Continuing Legal Education (CLE), Continuing Professional Education (CPE) or Professional Development Hours (PDH) credit for the live CETC.

Employees requesting cart captioning, a live American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter, or translation services, please email the COELIG Training Team at [email protected] with the subject line 'Reasonable Accommodation' so we can help assist your needs.  We require at least a month in advance to secure the appropriate services.  We appreciate your understanding.

Confirming your attendance will take 7-10 business days from the date you attended a live CETC with COELIG.  

Additional Information: 

• Employees who attend and successfully complete a live CETC class with COELIG will receive a system-generated notice of completion for sessions beginning on September 9, 2024.  
• The confirmation email is the certificate of completion – no other ‘certificate’ will be provided.
• The certificate is automatically sent to the email address you provide when using our Class Registration/Self-Enrollment Portal.
• Emails are not sent to the agency Ethics Officer, Training Compliance Officer or Agency Contact listed in the Agency Profile in SETA.
• It is the responsibility of the employee to notify their agency they completed training.

System-generated Confirmation Email