The firm charged a rate of $950 per hour, and the city “expects to pay” up to $650,000 for work related to the hearing, a spokesperson for the Mayor’s Office said. The post Wu’s prep for testifying to Congress cost $650,
Wu was one of four Democratic mayors called before the committee. The three others — Eric Adams of New York City, Brandon Johnson of Chicago, and Mike Johnston of Denver — chose not to give the yes or no answer requested by Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina when she asked, “Is breaking into our country against the law?”