But if you try to forcibly remove drug addicted people from the city, you're going to run into the aclu, you're going to run into Albany legislature. How do you get around that? You have a thousand lawyers on corporation counsel that we pay, and all they do is settle lawsuits. You're going to go into court, you're going to battle the civil libertarian group. You're going to battle legal aid. You're going to battle everybody who practices the art of I sue. (05:11–05:17)
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Asserts that New York City employs a thousand lawyers on corporation counsel primarily to settle lawsuits.
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