Zellnor Myrie: “I want to hire 50 more lawyers for our law department.”

“Hopefully, we'll get a new Congress in 2026 that'll be able to stem the worst instincts of this federal administration. And that's part of what you call your frontline agenda, right, to battle attacks from Washington. That's exactly right. I want to hire 50 more lawyers for our law department. so we can go on offense. Listen, we're from New York. We call it what it is. If someone pushes us, we cannot let them do that without pushing back.” (12:43–12:47)

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