NEW YORK, CMC – New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams has nominated distinguished litigator Randy Mastro to succeed Barbadian-born Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix, as the town’s following company counsel.
Justice Hinds-Radix stepped down from her place on the finish of Could. She has led the Division of Regulation since January 2022.
“I’m excited to announce Randy Mastro because the Metropolis of New York’s following company counsel. Randy is a world-renowned lawyer who brings many years of expertise as a public servant, federal prosecutor, preeminent trial lawyer, and as somebody who has constructed a profession round combating corruption, delivering justice for 9/11 households and non-profit organizations, advocating for the LGBTQ+ group, championing racial justice, and standing as much as the Trump administration.
“Acknowledged as one of many 100 most influential legal professionals in America, Randy is among the many best-known and most revered litigators within the nation and has helped form the authorized world by his in depth work,” he added.
Adams thanked Justice Hinds-Radix for her “many years of service to New Yorkers, particularly her final two years as company counsel to our metropolis, and Muriel Goode-Trufant for serving as appearing company counsel within the earlier two months.
“Sylvia has performed a pivotal function in furthering this administration’s imaginative and prescient to guard public security, rebuild our financial system, and make our metropolis extra inexpensive and livable,” he mentioned. “We’re grateful for her service to the individuals of New York.”
Mastro mentioned he was “humbled and honored to have this chance to return to metropolis authorities.
“I’m a passionate advocate within the courtroom and a proud New Yorker who loves this metropolis. So, when offered with this opportunity of a lifetime to make use of my authorized abilities to harness the facility of presidency to do good and enhance New Yorkers’ lives, I’m answering the decision.
“I stand on the shoulders of giants who held this place earlier than me and led a Regulation Division that has set the usual for excellence in public illustration,” Mastro mentioned, including, “I’ll work tirelessly to ship one of the best authorized companies doable and obtain affirmative successes for the good thing about all New Yorkers.”
Adams mentioned Mastro is a accomplice at King and Spalding regulation agency in decrease Manhattan. He beforehand served as deputy mayor for operations and Metropolis Corridor chief of workers from 1994 to 1998 and as a federal prosecutor within the US Lawyer’s Workplace for the Southern District of New York.
As company counsel, the mayor mentioned Mastro will lead the New York Metropolis Division of Regulation, which is primarily answerable for offering authorized illustration to the Metropolis of New York — for the Mayor’s Workplace, the Public Advocate’s Workplace, the Comptroller’s Workplace, metropolis companies, and the Metropolis Council — in all affirmative and defensive civil litigation.
After leaving her publish on Could 31 as the town’s high lawyer, Justice Hinds-Radix informed the Caribbean Media Company (CMC) that I had had the respect of serving because the 81st Company Counsel for over two years.
“Main one of many most interesting regulation places of work within the nation and contributing to the town’s betterment has been the privilege of a lifetime. Collectively, we’ve fulfilled that promise with excellence and integrity,” she mentioned, including {that a} most important precedence throughout her tenure was strengthening the workplace “to assist us extra successfully perform its mission.”
Justice Hinds-Radix mentioned she was gratified that, after in depth advocacy for the division, she and staffers had secured and applied wage and benefit pay will increase to deal with important retention and hiring points.
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