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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Pl ai nti f f ,
-agai nst-
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NEW YORK CITY
and VICINITY OF THE UNITED
BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS and
JOINERS OF AMERICA, et al . ,
Def end ants.
USDC SDNY
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DATE F ILED:
90 Ci v. 5722 (RMB)
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Gi ven th e si gni f i cance of th e proposed ch anges i n governance and oversi gh t of th e
Di stri ct Counci l (i . e. , a proposed new Ind epend ent Moni tor and proposed amend ed Sti pul ati on
and Ord er), a pub l i c h eari ng wi th a f ul l opportuni ty f or every one to b e h eard on al l th e i ssues i s
b oth necessary and d esi rab l e. Th at h eari ng wi l l tak e pl ace i n Septemb er.
Th e current Revi ew Of f i cer, as ack nowl ed ged i n th e parti es' June 4, 2014 l etter to th e
Court, i s prepared to remai n i n of f i ce at l east unti l , among oth er th i ngs, h e concl ud es h i s " f i nal
cl osi ng report to th e Court b y th e b egi nni ng of Decemb er. " Mr. Wal sh h as i nd i cated h i s
wi l l i ngness to serve unti l th e end of 2014. Th e Court h as si gned an Interi m Ord er, d ated May
28, 2014, wh i ch provi d es th at " th e provi si ons of th e Sti pul ati on and Ord er, d ated June 3, 2010,
entered b y th e Court wi l l conti nue i n ef f ect unti l such ti me as th e Court i s ab l e to reach a
d eci si on on th e . . . entry of th e Sti pul ati on and Ord er Regard i ng Appoi ntment of an Ind epend ent
Moni tor. "
Of course th ere sh oul d b e a smooth transi ti on b etween th e Ind epend ent Moni tor and th e
Revi ew Of f i cer. At th e same ti me, gi ven th e consi d erati ons menti oned ab oveand Mr.
McGorty ' s consi d erab l e prof essi onal and i nterpersonal sk i l l s, and h i s status as a pri vate
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attor ney th er e i s no need f or th e h aste suggested by th e p ar ti es or f or th e bi f ur cati on of r evi ew
of th e var i ous asp ects of th i s new p h ase i n Di str i ct Counci l p r oceed i ngs. Resp ectf ul l y , th e best
w ay to ensur e a smooth tr ansi ti on i s f or th e p ar ti es to w or k d i l i gentl y i n th e nex t f ew month s to
successf ul l y concl ud e th e op en matter s and i ssues th at conf r ont th e Di str i ct Counci l , and to
p r ovi d e th e I nd ep end ent Moni tor w i th a " cl ean sl ate. "
Th e Cour t i s not p er suad ed to f ol l ow somew h at ar ti f i ci al d ead l i nes ( i ncl ud i ng ones
sel ected w i th out any i np ut f r om th e Cour t) esp eci al l y w h er e, as h er e, th er e i s no substanti ve need
to d o so. Resp ectf ul l y , th e Cour t d oes not p l an to h ol d a June h ear i ng i n ad d i ti on to th e h ear i ng
w h i ch w i l l be h el d i n Sep tember .
Th e Sep tember h ear i ng w i l l be h el d on Sep tember 10, 2014 at 11:30 a. m. Wr i tten
comments r egar d i ng th e p r op osed Sti p ul ati on and Or d er and I nd ep end ent Moni tor sh oul d
be ser ved and f i l ed any ti me on or bef or e August 11, 2014. Th e Cour t w oul d ap p r eci ate
and ex p ect w r i tten comments f r om, among oth er s, Mr . Wal sh .
Dated : New Yor k, New Yor k
June 6, 2014
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RI CHARD M. BERMAN, U . S. D. J.