Adams taps second pick to replace Barbadian Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix as corporation counsel
After his first nominee, Randy Mastro, withdrew his candidacy to succeed Barbadian-born Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix as New York City’s Corporation Counsel, embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced his intention to nominate Muriel Goode-Trufant as the city’s next corporation counsel. Adams said Goode-Trufant is a longtime public servant, having spent more than 30 years in the New York City Department of Law, where she has served as acting corporation counsel since this summer. As corporation counsel, the mayor said Goode-Trufant will lead the New York City Department of Law, which is primarily responsible for providing legal representation to the City of New York — for the Mayor’s Office, the Public Advocate’s Office, the Comptroller’s Office, city agencies and the City Council — in all affirmative and defensive civil litigation. “I am excited to announce my intention to nominate of Muriel Goode-Trufant as New York City’s next c...