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Menin challenges Castillo-Madrid on Devin Kim's firing

New York City Council · Oct 16, 2026 · starts 0:32:24 · 1 min 28 sec

Menin interjects that former SpaceX employee Devin Kim was reportedly fired after raising serious safety concerns and asks why; Castillo-Madrid says she is not aware of that specific case, and Menin says she finds that not credible under oath.

Julie Menin

I just want to interject for a minute because Devin Kim

Julie Menin

One of your former employees was reportedly fired after he sounded the alarm about serious safety concerns.

Julie Menin

Why was that?

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

I'm not aware with that specific case.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

What I will say is safety is at the core of everything we do, and we take safety very seriously.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

And everybody has an ability to say something when they see something.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

We have even for...

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

before a lunch, everybody receives an email from leadership saying, if you have any reason to believe there's a safety concern, please let us know and we'll delay anything that's happening.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

So like I said, we take safety very seriously and we'll delay any release of a model.

Julie Menin

But if you take safety very seriously, why would Devin Kim, who sounded the alarm about major safety issues, which he brought to leadership as soon as he did so, he was fired.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

I'm not aware of that specific case.

Julie Menin

I don't understand if you can say you're not, I mean, you're under oath.

Julie Menin

So you, under oath, you're not aware of anything regarding Devin Kim.

Member of the Public - Gabriela Castillo Madrid

I'm not aware of that specific case, Madam Speaker.

Julie Menin

I mean, okay, it was widely, it's been in the news, it's been on social media.

Julie Menin

I just find that not credible.

Julie Menin

I'll pass it back over to the chair.