Q&A
Majority Leader Farías questions the use of emergency powers to stay enforcement of local laws
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Majority Leader Amanda Farías questions Corporation Counsel Nominee Muriel Goode-Trufant about the mayor's use of emergency powers to stay enforcement of a ban on solitary confinement. Goode-Trufant explains the challenges faced by the city in this situation, including ongoing litigation and court supervision.
- Farías specifically asks if this was a proper use of emergency authority
- Goode-Trufant describes it as an "extraordinarily difficult situation"
- The nominee ultimately affirms that it was a proper use, given the circumstances
Amanda Farías
0:31:35
Thank you so much, chair.
0:31:37
Thank you for being here.
0:31:38
Just to follow-up on the question about the mayor the mayor declaring states states of emergencies to stop enforcement of local laws during the emergency.
0:31:48
The mayor only declared a state of emergency to, to stay enforcement of a ban on solitary confinement after we passed our local law.
0:31:58
So is that proper use of the emergency authority and in your opinion, and was the emergency threatened at all during bill negotiation?
Muriel Goode-Trufant
0:32:09
The situation was, clear during, bill negotiations.
0:32:17
The, challenge in that particular circumstance is that everything that is included there is also the subject of long standing litigation.
0:32:29
And, there are difficulties that the city faces in that litigation.
0:32:37
Separately, there are, instances where our supervision by the court would have been impacted by, the full throttled, enactment of that particular, local law.
0:33:01
And so we had very immediate challenges, that we had to face.
0:33:07
It it was, an extraordinarily difficult situation which persists.
Amanda Farías
0:33:17
Okay.
0:33:18
So are you stating that you do believe it was proper use?
Muriel Goode-Trufant
0:33:22
It was an extraordinarily difficult situation.
0:33:26
Yes.
Amanda Farías
0:33:27
Okay.
0:33:27
Thank
