“Rhetoric doesn't cut it anymore,” attorney Norman Siegel said after Mayor Adams issued an order to make city agencies more transparent. “I want action. I want people to recognize that you can’t have a fair city without both safety and social justice.”
Mayor Eric Adams and civil rights attorney Norman Siegel roll out a new order designed to boost government transparency.Mayor Eric Adams and civil rights attorney Norman Siegel roll out a new order designed to boost government transparency.Mayor Eric Adams on Monday signed a sweeping executive order designed to make the city more accountable and boost government transparency, including a requirement that all city agencies appoint a monitor to ensure that such practices are followed.
“We saw members of the press who were arrested, who were harassed, who were not allowed to cover the story, even those who were wearing press passes,” he told reporters. “So it's one thing to have something in writing, it's another thing to make sure that all of the agencies that are involved in protecting that authority and right are carrying out their jobs.”
Still, Norman Siegel, a civil rights attorney and staunch defender of freedom of speech who helped author the commission’s report and the executive order, called Monday’s action “historic,” saying that he believed it was the first of its kind in the country. Siegel said he was initially informed by the city’s public hospital system, known as Health and Hospitals, that the pandemic had created a backlog of FOIL requests. According to him, the agency delayed his request a total of four times. He added that he has still not received the information.
“Not only is he a friend, but he has been a trusted adviser,” he said. “But let's be clear: Norman will sue me in a New York minute.”the 77-page report
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