Mayor Adams nominates former Giuliani aide Randy Mastro as NYC's top lawyer
Mayor Eric Adams has officially nominated Randy Mastro — a veteran attorney known for his hard-nosed tactics representing prominent Republicans and corporations — to be New York City’s corporation counsel, setting up a clash with the City Council.
Mastro's path to confirmation won’t be easy. Several key members of the Council had already expressed opposition in anticipation of the mayor's choice. Adams and the City Council are locked in a larger battle over the balance of power surrounding mayoral appointments.
"Randy is among the best known and most respected litigators in the nation and has helped shape the legal world through his extensive body of work," Adams said in a press release.
The corporation counsel is known as the city's top lawyer and oversees roughly 850 attorneys who defend the city, its employees, the City Council and the mayor in civil litigation. With his 2025 re-election race looming, Adams is facing a federal investigation into his 2021 mayoral campaign and a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted an NYPD colleague in the 1990s. He has denied any wrongdoing.
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