Q&A
Examining Mastro's record during the Giuliani administration
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Council Member Adams presses Mastro on his record during the Giuliani administration, particularly regarding the administration's relationship with the City Council. Mastro defends his tenure, emphasizing his role in building constructive relationships with council members and other elected officials.
- Mastro highlights his reputation for developing working relationships with the council and other elected officials
- He cites endorsements from Democratic elected officials as evidence of his ability to work across party lines
- Mastro emphasizes his role in achieving legislative successes, such as domestic partnership rights and organized crime initiatives
Adrienne E. Adams
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Mister Mastro respectfully, you are projecting into the future.
0:53:51
I'm trying to lay a groundwork for historical perspective here.
0:53:55
Before we get into a projection of the future.
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And my question was very specific.
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It had to do with your work and your career and city government in the past.
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That that did take place under the Giuliani administration and that had a climate of antagonism toward the council and other elected officials and other members of government.
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The question once again was given that history.
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How can the council trust that you will faithfully represent the interests of all of the city's officers and not just the mayor.
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It's from a historical perspective.
Randy Mastro
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K.
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Matt, I'm a speaker.
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Respectfully.
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From a historical perspective.
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I was actually known as the person in city hall who developed constructive working relationships with the council and with other elected officials.
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That's why every major Democratic elected official from my generation Billy Thompson.
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Betsy got them.
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Mark Green, Freddie Ferrer, Peter Vollone, have endorsed my candidacy because they know how constructively I personally worked with the council to achieve a sweeping legislative agenda to go after organized crime with the Fulton Fish Market, private carding industry, to make domestic partnership rights for same sex couple, the most sweeping protections in the country.
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I did that.
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I always had an open door And I always reached across the aisle and across the hall.
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So the historical perspective you're describing is not how elected Democrats experienced me when I was the deputy mayor in charge of intergovernmental affairs.
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You will hear from some of them today.
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I had a track record of reaching across the aisle.
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I built bridges.
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I had an open door where we mediated disputes, and we didn't end up in court.
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And I believe that track record is something that I can help bring the two sides of the hall together.
0:55:54
So, madam speaker, I I respect the question you're asking, and I was only in city hall for a little over 4 years, not the entirety of the Giuliani administration, but my record is clear.
0:56:05
I reached across the aisle.
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I had open doors.
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I opened doors to everyone even if they didn't get along with the mayor.
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And we got things done with the council.