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Scott Stringer: “The Brennan center for justice put out a report that said…”

Featuring: Scott Stringer, Democratic | Former Candidate, Mayor of New York City

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New York City Mayoral Race: Scott Stringer Discusses Experience, Reform, and Vision

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You could come in in the morning, check in and swipe a card, go play golf for the rest of the day. Literally, votes would be cast as if you had been sitting in the chamber. The Brennan center for justice put out a report that said our legislature was the number one dysfunctional legislature, number two in the country. And they came to me with rules reform, including empty seat voting. And I had a reputation of being a reformer in Albany. (29:47–29:57)

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Asserts that the Brennan Center for Justice reported New York's legislature as the most dysfunctional, second in the country.

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