Second, I'm proposing giving the City comptroller, the Public Advocate, and the New York City Council speaker an independent authority to clarify the independent language to commence litigation against the federal government when necessary, and using outside counsel. The city's law department will still have the opportunity to initiate legal actions within seven days of any request. But the whole of city government should not be reliant on City hall for legal Cases where the people of the city may be under attack by the federal government. (07:09–07:15)
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