PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Steve Gradman, President of Pride Democrats of New York City
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Steve Gradman, President of Pride Democrats of New York City, testified in support of Randy Mastro's nomination, highlighting Mastro's contributions to LGBTQ+ rights. Gradman emphasized Mastro's role in creating the domestic partnership bill in 1998 and his firm's involvement in the recognition of same-sex marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Gradman praised Mastro for legitimizing, supporting, and protecting gay people through the domestic partnership bill.
- He mentioned Gibson Dunn's (Mastro's firm) success in the Proposition 8 case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Gradman expressed his belief that Mastro's extensive legal experience makes him an excellent candidate for the position.
Steve Gradman
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Yes.
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Good evening.
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My name is Steve Gradman.
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I am president of Pride Democrats of New York City, which in the year of Stonewall 25 in 1998, we had the largest candidate's forum in the history of New York, And that was also the year that Randy Mastro created the domestic partnership bill, which was signed into law by Mayor Giuliani.
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Randy greatly legitimized support and protected all gay people.
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I myself am a domestic partner.
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And I also wanna bring out that his firm Gibson Done Successively convinced the US Supreme Court to recognize same sex marriage in the proposition.
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8 k's.
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Mister mayor Mister Mastro has deep breath of legal experience, and I think he'd be an excellent person for this position.
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Thank you very much.