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Council Member Keith Powers opens hearing on Randy Mastro's nomination for Corporation Counsel
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Council Member Keith Powers opens the meeting of the Committee on Rules, Privileges, and Elections, introducing committee members and staff. He emphasizes the need for respect during the hearing and announces the consideration of Randy Mastro's nomination for Corporation Counsel.
- Powers addresses a brief disturbance, asking for respectful behavior from attendees.
- He acknowledges the staff who helped prepare for the hearing.
- The hearing is set to consider Randy Mastro's nomination for Corporation Counsel.
Keith Powers
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Good morning, and welcome to the meeting of the committee on rules, privileges, and elections.
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I'm city council member, Keith Powers, chair of this committee.
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Before we begin, I'd like to introduce the other members of the committee who are present here today.
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I'm gonna be joined by speaker Adrienne Adams, council member Justin Varani, councilor Shaker Christian, councilor Gal Brewer, council member Amanda Farius, council member Crystal Hudson, council member of Selvina Brooks Powers, Council member Paladino, council member Ariola, council member Avilis, council member Salam, council member Jose, council member Joseph, council member De La Rosa, our public advocate, Jumani Williams, council member Sandy nurse, counselor Chris Marte, counselor member Camilla Hanks, and I'm sure we'll be John Play More.
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Oh, and and we love Diana Ella, who is also here too.
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Please throw him out.
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Throw him out.
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Alright.
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We're gonna move on with the hearing.
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Just a quiet day here at City Hall today.
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We will and you thought you were gonna be the biggest celebrity here today.
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Yeah.
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I'm not here for you.
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Of course, I'm gonna ask everyone to please respect this hearing.
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If you are disrespectful, we will ask you to leave.
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And if you are not willing, we will ask the security to escort you.
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This is a long hearing that we're gonna have here today, so please be respectful of each other as we would all expect.
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We'll move on.
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We're when before we start, we're also joint council member Rivera here as well.
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I wanna acknowledge the the staff here today who helped put together today's hearing.
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I wanna acknowledge the council to the committee, Jeff Campania, the committee staff that worked on today's hearing, chief ethics counsel, Pearl Moore, Director of Investigations, Franchesca Delvecchio, Deputy Director of Investigations, Alicia Vassal.
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I wanna also thank my staff, Haley Brundage, and Ben Jacobs, who are here today, and all the other staff to help to prepare for today's hearing.
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Today, the committee will consider the nomination of Randy Mastro for appointment to the position of corporation counsel.
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Before we start, I wanna recognize speaker Adrian Adams to make an opening statement.