Q&A
Goode-Trufant's outside appointments and COIB clearance
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Council Member Powers inquires about Muriel Goode-Trufant's outside appointments and commitments, focusing on her roles with the tourism board and magistrate selection panel. Goode-Trufant explains that she has received clearance from the Conflict of Interest Board (COIB) for these positions.
- Goode-Trufant serves on the tourism board by mayoral appointment, promoting city interests and protecting intellectual property.
- She is part of the magistrate merits selection committee, ensuring fair judges for city cases in federal courts.
- COIB provided approval letters for both positions, confirming their alignment with city interests.
Keith Powers
0:54:20
Thank you.
0:54:21
I wanna ask a few questions and then I'll off offer an opportunity to to colleagues if they wanna do a second round as well.
0:54:29
I want to just ask, you have a a few outside, appointments, commitments as well.
0:54:39
I know you serve on the tourism board, on the advisory board, the magistrate selection panel.
0:54:44
You have a few other outside commitments as well.
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Have you sought, clearance or guidance from the Conflict of Interest Board on those commitments?
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And can you give us a sense of what they've advised you to date?
Muriel Goode-Trufant
0:54:58
Yes.
0:55:00
COIB did provide a letter, with regard to both things.
0:55:04
With, respect to the tourism board, I, serve by appointment from the mayor.
0:55:11
I'm one of 5 individuals, from the city government that serve on the executive committee, to promote the interest of the city as a whole.
0:55:23
Separately, the law department works, closely with the tourism board to protect New York City's intellectual property, including our our city marks.
0:55:35
You may recall, particularly after September 11th, there were, people in the marketplace, counterfeiting our marks and we, through our efforts have, put a stop to that to make sure that, we protect, the city's intellectual property.
0:55:54
With respect to the magistrate, merits election committee, COIB also furnished a letter, approving, that.
0:56:05
I serve, in that position and and again, supports, the city interest in making certain that the judges, selected, to serve as a federal, magistrate will be fair when, city cases come before them.
0:56:26
We are a major litigant in the federal courts.
