Q&A
Questioning about an incident during the Giuliani administration
7:23:48
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Council Member Feliz questions Mastro about an incident during the Giuliani administration where a city official allegedly threatened to end a legal apprenticeship at NYU Law School in retaliation for criticism of the administration's police brutality record.
- Feliz cites a 2008 New York Times article about the incident
- Mastro claims to have no recollection of the incident
- Feliz presses Mastro on whether he played any role in the incident as deputy mayor of operations
Oswald Feliz
7:23:48
So let's change the topic a little bit.
7:23:50
The Giuliani administration, including during your tenure, was well known for using government as an instrument for political revenge against those who spoke out against it as some of my colleagues mentioned earlier today.
7:24:03
According to New York Times article 2008, a long a former longtime attorney in the Corporation Council's office, Joel Berger who left the Giuliani administration to privately represent victims of police brutality, also taught at NYU law.
7:24:19
He led a legal apprenticeship for his students with the Office of Corporation Council.
7:24:24
After he publicly criticized the Giuliani administration's record on police brutality, a city official called the NYU law to threaten ending the legal apprenticeship until that professor was removed.
7:24:36
Were you aware of that incident?
Randy Mastro
7:24:39
I I'd have no recollection of that.
7:24:43
I have no recollection of that.
Oswald Feliz
7:24:46
So you know you played no role in that incident as deputy mayor of operations.
Randy Mastro
7:24:51
I I have no recollection of that.