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NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER ADRIENNE ADAMS
CJA's September 7, 2022 Testimony
New York City Council -- Committee on Rules, Privileges & Elections
chaired by Council Member/Majority
Leader Keith Powers
(Speaker Adrienne
Adams, Gale Brewer, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Rafael Salamanca,
Jr.,
Selvena Brooks-Powers, Crystal Hudson, Justin
Brannan, Joseph Borelli)
VIDEO
of September 7, 2022 confirmation hearing (at 3hrs, 1min)
Agenda:
September 7, 2022 hearing of the Rules Committee
"Committee
Report of the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections"
2-Minute Oral
Testimony
in opposition
to confirmation of Milton Williams, Jr., Esq.
as chair of the New
York City Conflicts of Interest Board
2-Minute Oral
Testimony
in
opposition to confirmation of Anthony Crowell, Esq.
to the New York
City Planning Commission
click here for:
CJA's WRITTEN
TESTIMONY
click here for:
webpage -- Milton Williams, Jr., Esq.
click here for:
webpage -- Anthony Crowell, Esq.
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click here for:
Corruption at the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board
& New York City Dept of Investigation
&
Corruption at the Office of the New York City Public
Advocate
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New York City Charter
New York City
Council
Committee on Rules, Privileges,
and Elections
Committee on Standards and Ethics
(oversight over Conflicts of Interest Board),
chaired by Member Kalman Yeger (also a member of Committee on
Oversight & Investigations)
Committee on Oversight and Investigations
(oversight over Department of Investigation),
chaired by Member Gale Brewer (also a member of Rules Committee,
Governmental Operations)
Committee on Governmental Operations,
chaired by Member Sandra
Ung
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CJA's
August 8, 2022 e-mail --
Opposition to Confirmation of Milton Williams, Jr.
as
chair of NYC Conflicts of Interest Board -- Request to
Testify
auto-reply from Yeger
CJA's
August 10, 2022e-mail to Yeger's Office --
Opposition to Confirmation of
Milton Williams, Jr.
as chair of NYC Conflicts of
Interest Board -- Request to Testify
CJA's August 11, 2022 e-mail
to Director of Legislative
Documents Ettricks --
"Thank you, etc...."
CJA's August 25, 2022 registration for the hearing
(10:30pm)
CJA's August 26, 2022 e-mail
to
Senior Counsel/Parliamentarian Campagna
--
Sept. 7, 2022 Hearing of the Rules Committee --
Opposition to Confirmation of Milton Williams, Jr. to NYC
Conflicts of Interest Board, etc.
CJA's August 26, 2022 e-mail to Yeger's Office --
"INVESTIGATION & OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: NYC Conflicts of
Interest Board, NYC Dept. of Investigation,
NYC Public
Advocate Jumaane Williams, & NYC's 5 District Attorneys"
CJA's August 26, 2022 e-mail to Ung's Office --
"INVESTIGATION & OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: NYC Conflicts of
Interest Board, NYC Dept. of Investigation,
NYC Public
Advocate Jumaane Williams, & NYC's 5 District Attorneys"
CJA's August 26, 2022 e-mail to Brewer's Office --
"INVESTIGATION & OVERSIGHT REQUIRED: NYC Conflicts of
Interest Board, NYC Dept. of Investigation,
NYC Public
Advocate Jumaane Williams, & NYC's 5 District Attorneys"
CJA's August 30, 2022 registration for the hearing (1:55 pm)
CJA's August 30, 2022 e-mail --
"Sept. 7, 2022
Hearing of the Rules Committee -- Opposition to Confirmation
of Milton Williams, Jr., Esq.
& Anthony Crowell, Esq. to
Offices of Public Trust"
CJA's September 6, 2022 e-mail
--
"Tomorrow's
Hearing of the Rules Committee --
Opposition to
Confirmation of Milton Williams, Jr., Esq. & Anthony
Crowell, Esq.
to Offices of Public Trust"
CJA's September 7, 2022 e-mail --
"Today's
Hearing of the Rules Committee --
Opposition to Confirmation of Milton Williams, Jr., Esq. &
Anthony Crowell, Esq.
to Offices of Public Trust"
&
here
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CJA's
September 8, 2022 e-mail --
"Yesterday's Hearing of the
Rules Committee --
Opposition to Confirmation of
Milton Williams, Jr., Esq.
& Anthony Crowell, Esq. to
Offices of Public Trust"
CJA's September 8, 2022 e-mail exchange with Brewer's Office
--
September 9, 2022 e-mail from City Council
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CJA's Sept. 8 & Sept. 13,
2022 FOIL requests
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VIDEO OF City Council's September 14, 2022 session
confirming Williams & Crowell
transcript
excerpts
Transcript: p. 13:
MAJORITY LEADER POWERS: Thank you. And, we’ll have
Messages and Papers from the Mayor.
COMMITTEE CLERK:
Preconsidered M. 86 through Preconsidered M. 90, various
appointments.
pp. 26-27:
SPEAKER ADAMS:
...We are also voting on the Rules items. ...
Anthony
Crowell for appointment
as a member of the New York City
Planning Commission;
Milton Williams for appointment as
a member of theConflicts of Interest Board..."
pp. 33-34
COMMITTEE CLERK:
For The Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections,
Preconsidered M86 and Preconsidered Resolution 322, Milton
L. Williams Appointment.
SPEAKER ADAMS: Coupled on
General Orders.
...COMMITTEE CLERK: Preconsidered M 88
and Preconsidered and Preconsidered Reso 324, Anthony
Crowell appointment.
SPEAKER ADAMS: Coupled on General
Orders.
p. 37
COUNCIL MEMBER BARRON: I
abstain from the Preconsidered appointments of Milton
Williams, Elisa Velazquez.
I vote no for Anthony Crowell. I
vote yes, for Gail Benjamin. And I abstain from Sarah
Carroll.
I just don’t know these individuals.
p. 38
COUNCIL MEMBER CABÁN: Aye on all with the exception
of M 88, on which I vote no.
p. 39
COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIÉRREZ: I vote aye on all with
the exception of M 88 and M 90 where I vote no.
MEMBER HANIF: I vote aye on all except for Preconsidered M
88, for which I vote no.
p. 40
COUNCIL MEMBER KRISHNAN: Aye on
all except Preconsidered M 88, which I vote no.
p. 41
COUNCIL MEMBER NURSE: I vote no on M 88 and aye on
all of the rest.
COUNCIL CLERK: Thank you. Council Member Ossé?
COUNCIL MEMBER OSSÉ: Permission to explain my vote
p. 43
COUNCIL MEMBER
RICHARDSON JORDAN: So, I am also going to be a no on M 88.
And, I want to commend colleagues for us just taking a look
at appointments to City Planning Commission,
not just
blindly voting for them. Aye on all of the rest.
p. 45
COUNCIL MEMBER WON: Aye on all, and I abstain from
M 88 and M 90... M 88 and M 90.
p. 52
COMMITTEE
CLERK: M 88 and Resolution 324 are adopted by a vote
41 in the affirmative,
10 in the negative, and 0
abstentions.
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CJA's November 16, 2022 e-mail to City Council FOIL
--
"Sept. 13, 2022 FOIL --
Records, Rules & Procedures pertaining to the Sept. 7, 2022
Rules Committee hearing
on mayoral appointees &, in
particular, Milton Williams, Jr., Esq. & Anthony Crowell,
Esq."
City Council FOIL's November 22, 2022 e-mail
CJA's November 30, 2022 e-mail to City Council
FOIL
--
"Your Nov. 22, 2022 partial response to CJA's
Sept. 8, 2022 FOIL request"
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