You're going into court and you're battling each and every case we're going to win some, we're going to lose some. But The people of New York City are going to know the mayor is trying to protect them from getting their, their, their pockets picked by these lawyers who get one third of everything they sue the city of New York for. And then afterwards, when the city corporation lawyers hit the stamp that says settle, settle, they go out and they have steaks and they have all kinds of additional food supplements at taxpayers expense. (16:50–17:04)
CLAIM
Asserts that lawyers take one-third of settlements from lawsuits against New York City.
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