At this week’s confirmation hearing on Randy Mastro, tapped by Mayor Adams to be the city’s top lawyer, the City Council exposed itself as a pack of disingenuous bigots.
Hamptons International Film Festival Board Chair, Randy Mastro speaks onstage at the World Premiere of National Geographic Documentary Films' 'The First Wave' at Hamptons International Film Festival.Mastro, one of Gotham’s top lawyers, demonstrated why he’s more than qualified to lead the Law Department and provide legal counsel to the Adams administration as corporation counsel.
“I’m just asking you to let me answer the question,” he said during a clash over a Giuliani-era decision to withdraw a grant to Housing Works over its inability to account for half a million dollars in city funding.the question,” bellowed Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala in reply. To write off Mastro’s extensive pro bono legal work for the underprivileged, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams brought up “toxic charity” and “false generosity” — terms popularized by 20th century Marxist Brazilian educator Paulo Freire now used to assert that charitable work is simply a way to maintain “oppression.”And that’s the real agenda here: The progs don’t want Mastro helping Adams pursue his policies.
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