Q&A
Goode-Trufant's career choices and commitment to public service
0:23:05
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Speaker Adams contrasts Goode-Trufant's long career in the Law Department with Randy Mastro's reasons for leaving city employment. Goode-Trufant explains her commitment to public service and the fulfillment she finds in her work at the Law Department.
- Speaker Adams notes Goode-Trufant's 34-year tenure at the Law Department, contrasting it with Mastro's decision to leave for higher pay
- Goode-Trufant acknowledges that she has had opportunities to leave but chose to stay due to the fulfilling nature of the work
- She emphasizes the benefits of working at the Law Department, including extraordinary colleagues and fascinating work
- Goode-Trufant frames her choice as one of fulfillment over monetary gain, highlighting her dedication to public service
Adrienne E. Adams
0:23:05
Thank you.
0:23:07
During the hearing on the mayor's nomination of Randy Mastro to be corporation counsel, he testified, he being mister Mastro, testified that the reason he left city employment to represent corporate interests against the city and its residents was be because even though he was one of the highest paid city employees, he was too broke to support his family.
0:23:32
You, miss Gutrefund, are a 34 year veteran of the law department.
0:23:37
Why didn't you ever leave city employment to make more money elsewhere?
Muriel Goode-Trufant
0:23:43
Opportunities have presented themselves unsolicited but there is no finer work I believe than at the law department.
0:23:51
I have had, the benefit of extraordinary colleagues of fascinating work and the opportunity to continue to grow and to pour into others.
0:24:02
And so, there are some who choose money and there are some who choose fulfillment, and I have been quite fulfilled at the law department.
0:24:11
Thank you.
