Q&A
Staying enforcement of local laws opposed by the mayor
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Speaker Adams questions Goode-Trufant about the Law Department's practice of requesting stays of enforcement for local laws opposed by the mayor. Goode-Trufant explains a past situation where such a request was made due to the prospect of contempt.
- Speaker Adams asks about committing to not requesting stays of enforcement without a court order
- Goode-Trufant describes a past situation where the Law Department faced a difficult choice between contempt and enactment of a local law
- Goode-Trufant characterizes such situations as extremely infrequent
- The exchange highlights the complex legal situations that can arise in city governance
Adrienne E. Adams
0:16:16
I feel like there's 1 in column a and 1 in column b, picking door number 1 or door number 2, but I like your answer.
0:16:24
Okay.
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In the court of litigation, the law department has previously demanded that the council agree to stays of enforcement of local laws that the mayor opposed.
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Will you commit to not requesting the council agree to a stay of enforcement in the absence of a
Muriel Goode-Trufant
0:16:45
court order?
0:16:46
In, that particular instance, we were faced with prospect of contempt, versus, the, enactment of a duly enacted local law.
0:17:03
And so we were in an extremely and we continue to be in a extremely difficult, almost no win situation.
Adrienne E. Adams
0:17:12
Are those situations common or are they
Muriel Goode-Trufant
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uncommon?
0:17:17
Extremely infrequent.
0:17:19
Okay.
