Randy Mastro asks to withdraw nomination as NYC’s top lawyer, cites ‘anything but fair’ hearing: source

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on September 10, 2024

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.

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