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Procedure

Company representatives sworn in before Council

New York City Council · Oct 5, 2026 · starts 1:07:33 · 1 min 12 sec

De La Rosa calls the company panel: Morgan Dwyer of OpenAI, Shane Cahill of Meta, Alice Friend of Google, and Logan Graham of Anthropic. Council counsel swears in the panel, with each witness affirming.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Thank you so much.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

So we will be joined virtually by Morgan Dwyer, Head of Policy and Development and Operations at OpenAI,

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Shane Cahill, AI Policy Director at Meta, Alice Friend, Director of AI and Emerging Tech Policy at Google, and Logan Graham, the Head of Frontier Red Team and at Tropic.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

I'll turn it over to the council for swearing the panel in.

Council Staff

So for each members of this panel, do each of you affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in your testimony before this committee and to respond honestly to council member questions?

Council Staff

Please respond one at a time.

Council Staff

Yes.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Yes.

Member of the Public - Morgan Dwyer

Yes.

Member of the Public - Morgan Dwyer

Yes.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Yes.

Council Staff

Thank you.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Okay, so we'll begin with the opening statements from each of the companies.

Carmen N. De La Rosa

Morgan, you may begin.