NYC Mayor Picks Law Department Official as City’s Chief Lawyer (1)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) plans to nominate Muriel Goode-Trufant to lead the city’s law department as corporation counsel, after the nomination of Randy Mastro ran into opposition from the city council.

Adams’ administration is embroiled in controversy. Adams has been indicted on federal bribery charges, and several staffers, including lawyers, have left the administration in recent months amid multiple federal probes.

• Goode-Trufant, who joined the law department in 1991, has served as acting corporation counsel since Sylvia Hinds-Radix stepped down from the post at the end of May.
• Mastro, a partner at King & Spalding, withdrew ...