NYC Comptroller Brad Lander contests pick for NYC’s top lawyer

Dan Mannarino

April 28, 2024 at 8:00 AM

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NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York City Comptroller Brad Lander sat down with PIX on Politics host Dan Mannarino to share his insights on the pick for the top NYC lawyer position and the $111.6 billion budget plan recently unveiled by Mayor Eric Adams.

“In my time in the New York City Council, no one even came close to being so disrespectful of the Council as an institution as Randy Mastro,” Lander said of the candidate.

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