power of the government. Nor is there any real dispute that the regulation furthers an important or substantial governmental interest, namely, the prevention of community board corruption. .Further, my prior finding that the regulation at issue is content-neutral itself satisfies the third O’Brien element. See Able, 88 F.3d at 1295. The sole question, therefore, is whether the incidental restriction on speech is greater than is essential to the furtherance of the government’s interest. The fact that N.Y. Educ. Law § 2590-l.2-a applies only to community board members and not to the public at large, combined with the fact that the statute appears to regulate speech only incidentally if at all, leads me to conclude that it is not. Cf. Connick, 461 U.S. at 140, 103 S.Ct. 1684 (<HOLDING>) Accordingly, plaintiffs’ claim must be
recognizing the states interests in regulating the speech of its employees and stating that the problem is arriving at a balance between the interests of the employee as a citizen in commenting on matters of public concern and the interest of the state as an employer in promoting the efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees  quoting pickering 391 us at 568 88 sct 1731 holding that first amendment requires factintensive and deferential balancing of governments interests against government contractors speech interests in line with the standard applied to government employees under pickering v board of education 391 us 563 88 sct 1731 20 led2d 811 1968 recognizing such balance of interests recognizing the need to balance the states interest in fulfilling its responsibilities to the public the extent to which the speech in question involves a matter of public concern and the manner time place and context of the speech holding that the scope of a government employees first amendment rights depends on the balance between the interests of the employee as a citizen in commenting upon matters of public concern and the interest of the state as an employer in promoting the efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees