 The court ruled that New York City's sanctuary laws were illegal.After the City of New York lost an appeal to the United States Supreme Court in 2000, Giuliani vowed to ignore the law.Giuliani's spokeswoman, Cristyne F. Lategano (who would later deny allegations of an affair with her boss when his wife said Lategano's relationship with him had damaged her marriage), admitted that she and her staff refused to allow the mayor to conduct interviews with reporters who she thought would not be sympathetic to his views.