Zohran Mamdani: “To create pay parity for those lawyers across city agencies…”

“I have spoken about my commitment to hire 200 additional lawyers to ensure that the law department is at the same staffing levels it was at pre pandemic To create pay parity for those lawyers across city agencies so that no longer do we face the same retention crisis. to build upon the steps we're taking to provide legal representation for New Yorkers in deportation proceedings. Because we know that by the mere act of providing legal representation, that New Yorker's chance of going home to the family increases eleven fold.” (22:18–22:25)

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