>Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov recently used her government email account to solicit business for a self-defense company she has been involved with, according to a Daily News review of public records.

>The first-term Republican lawmaker’s promotion of the nonprofit company, Legion Alpha, Inc., drew a stern rebuke from Richard Briffault, a former chairman of the city Conflicts of Interest Board, who said her use of a government email to boost the firm ran afoul of local government ethics law.

>“That’s a clear violation of conflict rules,” Briffault said, pointing to a section of the City Charter that he noted prohibits her from using “public resources for a financial gain of a firm with which she is associated.