Randy Mastro, Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial pick to be New York City’s next top lawyer, asked Hizzoner to withdraw his nomination for the post in a letter citing a bruising City Council hearing last month, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The decision came a little more than a day before the City Council was expected to overwhelmingly reject Mastro’s nomination to be the city’s next lead attorney — a position known as corporation counsel — in a vote that was scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 12.
