AGENCY TESTIMONY
Mastro's stance on key social and political issues
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3 min
Randy Mastro outlines his positions and track record on various social and political issues that are important to New Yorkers and council members:
- Advocated for women's rights, including prosecuting anti-abortion groups
- Supported LGBTQ+ rights and same-sex couples
- Worked to protect immigrants' rights and access to city services
- Engaged in efforts to address homelessness and support tenants' rights
- Promoted education initiatives and diversity in various roles
- Advocated for environmental protection and workers' rights
- Demonstrated commitment to public safety and gun control
Randy Mastro
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An issue so many of you told me at our meetings you care about, I care about them too and have a proven track record of addressing them.
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On women's rights, I've worked with legal momentum, Nairau, sanctuary for families, as a board member and pro bono advocate for victims of domestic violence.
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And in the late eighties, I prosecuted Randall Terry an operation rescue, that virulent anti abortion group, finding them and then joining them from blocking access to abortion clinics.
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On LBGTQ plus rights, and the rights of same sex couples.
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I worked with Lambda, the Empire State Pride agenda, Stonewall veterans, and freedom to marry to advance within government.
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And on a pro bono basis, the rights of same sex couples, and the LGBTQ plus community.
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On immigrants rights.
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The Charter Revision Commission I chaired made the mayor's office of immigrant affairs a permanent charter agency and enshrined in our city's constitution the city's commitment to immigrants to ensure them access to city services without fear of reprisal.
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On homeless services, on Baui Residence Committee, one of our city's leading homeless services providers, faced an existential crisis that it had to win from MIMB's trying to shut down its flagship Chelsea facility.
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Its executive director, Massey Rosenblatt, who you'll hear from later today, turned to me to be BRC Zealous advocate, and we prevailed saving that organization.
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On Tennant's rights, As a legal aid, vice chair, and board member, I raised literally 1,000,000 of dollars for that organization to support tenants' rights.
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And as a federal prosecutor, when the city couldn't evict drug dealers from public housing.
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We used federal forfeiture laws to remove them to the cheers of tenants on education.
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I've served on the boards of CUNY, literacy design collaborative, YMCA, Greater New York, Children's Museum Manhattan, Jewish Children's Museum, and Hale House.
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And I did pro bono cases with the UFT to reduce class size on civil rights, racial justice, diversity, addition to my other pro bono cases, I took on mayor Bloomberg on term limits, resulting in more diverse city office holders today, including the more diverse city council that exists today.
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In private practice, I led my law firm's New York Litigation Group from 0 diverse partners to more than 30% women and other diverse partners.
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And inclusion and diversity will continue to be a priority of mine.
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An environmental protection as deputy mayor.
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I designed and implemented the plan to close the Fresh Kill's landfill, ensuring a more equitable environmentally sound system for disposing of city waste and in private practice, I've held government accountable to do full environmental reviews and protect environmental justice communities.
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On workers' rights, as a federal prosecutor, I brought groundbreaking cases wiring direct rank and file elections by union members of their top officers.
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As deputy mayor, I worked so constructively with unions that they chose in record numbers to cross over and endorse our administration for reelection including DC 37.
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And on public safety and gun control over my career as a federal prosecutor and deputy mayor, I faced down organized crime and won.
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In our administration, major crime fell by more than 50%, and the murder rate by 70%.
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And the Charter Revision Commission, I chaired, banned guns, and increased penalties for possession near schools.
