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Staff discussion on Brooks-Powers disclosure form details

New York City Council · Aug 13, 2026 · starts 0:05:41 · 1 min 30 sec

Off-microphone staff discussion about how to properly fill out Brooks-Powers's disclosure form, including whether to list her child's name and relationship to the funded organization.

UNKNOWN

Larissa.

UNKNOWN

What was the name again?

UNKNOWN

Evanston Larissa.

Council Staff

Let me go back to get it.

Council Staff

Is there transparency?

Council Staff

Yeah, but from Brooks.

Council Staff

Reached out to you to tell what we're doing?

UNKNOWN

No, what happened?

Council Staff

So you need to reach out to them and do their part, because I emailed them.

Council Staff

They have an issue that they need to fix.

UNKNOWN

Wait, one thing at a time.

Council Staff

Oh, sorry, yes.

UNKNOWN

So do I put, what do I put here?

Council Staff

Leave that, just put, don't put your daughter, please don't put your daughter.

Council Staff

No, put up a name.

Council Staff

Yeah, the author.

Council Staff

Oh, I'm trying to tell her.

UNKNOWN

This is my son.

Council Staff

Oh, your child is old, Dash.

Council Staff

It's a little kid.

UNKNOWN

So you say daughter.

Council Staff

Yeah, we just put daughter.

Council Staff

Okay.

Council Staff

Put their name in there.

Council Staff

That's true.

Council Staff

Oh, thank you so much.

UNKNOWN

And what did I put right here?

UNKNOWN

Just a participant?

Council Staff

Yeah.

Matthew DiStefano

Okay.

Matthew DiStefano

I guess you did.

Council Staff

You always try to tell people don't put their kids in.

Council Staff

All right, next issue.

Council Staff

So, I eat with Morgan.

Council Staff

Yeah, I could never get in there.

Council Staff

So I keep calling her Morgan.

Council Staff

Morgan works.

Council Staff

And then I eat with Grutie.