NYC: City Council opposition to Adams' likely corporation counsel nominee Mastro grows
Randy Mastro, Mayor Eric Adams’ presumptive pick to be the city’s next top lawyer, is growing increasingly unpopular with the City Council, as yet another caucus of members came out against him on Friday.
The council’s six-member LGBTQAI+ Caucus joined the far larger Black, Latino and Asian Caucus (BLAC) in opposing Mastro, an alumnus of former GOP Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s administration, as Adams appears likely to nominate him to be the city’s next corporation counsel.
Mastro would replace the position’s current occupant, Sylvia Hinds-Radix, whom Adams has confirmed will be stepping down — though it is unclear when exactly that will be.
While Adams has insisted there is “no disagreement” between himself and Hinds-Radix, the New York Post reported earlier this week that he ordered her ouster after she voiced concerns about the city representing him in his sexual assault suit.
https://www.amny.com/news/city-council-opposition-grows-mayor-adams-corporate-counsel/
