PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Kelly Grace Price, Founder of Close Rosies, on Randy Mastro's Nomination
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Kelly Grace Price, founder of Close Rosies, testified against the appointment of Randy Mastro as Corporation Counsel. She argued that approving Mastro would be an act of deliberate indifference and could open the city to civil rights liability due to his numerous potential conflicts of interest.
- Price questioned Mastro's claim that he couldn't obtain a list of his previous clients from his former law firm.
- She highlighted concerns about Mastro's need to recuse himself from cases involving former clients, potentially tying up the majority of his time.
- Price specifically mentioned the Child Victims Act cases as an example of significant litigation that Mastro might have to recuse himself from, creating problems for the city.
Kelly Grace Price
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Hi.
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Good evening.
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It's Kelly Grace Price from Closed Roses.
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I've already turned in my written testimony, and I'm not going to repeat what I said for Beta.
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It's been a long day, and no one wants to listen to Zoom testimony.
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But sitting here today listening to this hearing, it's clear that the city council cannot approve the appointment of Randy Master to corporation council.
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Doing so would be an act of deliberate indifference.
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They could open the city up to large scale civil rights liability.
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There are tens of thousands of cases pending against the city, and we have heard Mister Mastro already say that he will recuse himself from any case involving prior clients.
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But instead of providing a complete list of who those previous clients he has represented, he claims to have so little cold with his former law firm that they won't even provide him a list of people and entities that he has represented on behalf of that firm.
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This is a the same time that a recovering governor appeared to testify on his behalf today.
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These statements strain credulity.
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I cannot believe that Mister Mastro cannot get a list of his previous clients from his previous law firm.
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But back to delivery is different in master's clients because master will have to recuse himself from any case involving a former client.
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The majority of his time will be tied up in debates about what case he can or can't participate in.
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Or manage.
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And we're not talking about insignificant clients.
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I already mentioned in my written testimony that I've already filed, that the child victim act cases, that the law of department is having to wrangle right now, are a major doggled that the law department is failing to properly address.
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Many of those cases named the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brooklyn, along with the city and the ACS or the previous child welfare agencies under the Human Services Association has dependents.
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There are thousands of them.
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So for Bastogne to have to recuse him from this huge pack of cases along with others just create so many problems and, in fact, opens the city up for reliability because
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Your time has expired.
Kelly Grace Price
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Okay.
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Thank you very much.
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