City Council votes unanimously to confirm Caribbean jurist as Corporation Counsel

In an historic vote, New York City Council has voted unanimously to confirm Caribbean-born jurist Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix as the city’s new corporation counsel.

By voting 51-0, the Council on Thursday created history in making Barbadian Hinds-Radix the first Caribbean-born woman to serve in that capacity in New York City’s history.