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Council member Paladino criticizes the hearing process and praises Mastro's opening statement

7:55:30

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Council member Vickie Paladino criticizes the nature of the hearing, characterizing it as an inquisition rather than a fair process. She expresses her admiration for Randy Mastro's opening statement and his approach to building bridges.

  • Paladino thanks those who spoke on Mastro's behalf
  • She describes the hearing as an "assassination of a good man's character"
  • Paladino praises Mastro's opening statement as "mind-blowing" and his emphasis on finding common ground
Vickie Paladino
7:55:30
Now, we have several things here that I want to go over with you, but first, I do want to reiterate once again.
7:55:39
Thank you to every single person here.
7:55:42
That sat here on Randy's behalf because this was not a hearing.
7:55:49
Once again, this was not a hearing.
7:55:51
He's not going after Supreme Court judge.
7:55:56
This was an inquisition, an assassination of a good man's character.
7:56:03
I despise that.
7:56:06
We talk about building bridges.
7:56:09
That's what I do.
7:56:11
So when you said it, I understood it because in order to reach us a a common ground differences of opinion, we must build a bridge so that we could come together and discuss those differences.
7:56:26
And in the middle, we will find our answers.
7:56:30
And yet, if you say this to this body, They get crazy because there's only one way to see things.
7:56:40
It's their way or it's the highway.
7:56:44
I pray to God that Randy Mastro brings what we need to this city council, and that his common sense, his opening statement was mind blowing.
7:56:57
I loved every word he said.
7:57:00
I hung on every word that he said because he was able to show us the people of the city council and the people of the city of New York, which I really wish this was being televised.
7:57:14
So that the people of the city could actually see the city council at work and how they actually operate this city.
7:57:25
It's a disgrace.
7:57:29
Now I want to get to my questions.
7:57:33
Okay.
7:57:34
Here we go.
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