New York’s top lawyer is being “pushed out” by the Adams administration in favor of a veteran litigator — who once served as chief of staff and deputy mayor for Rudy Giuliani, The Post has learned.
The city’s current corporation counsel, Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, who has been in the role for the past two and a half years, is expected to be replaced by Randy Mastro — but not by choice, sources revealed.
“They’ve been trying to force her out because she’s not the puppet they wanted her to be,” a political source told The Post anonymously.
The city is in the final stages of hiring Mastro, who served as a former federal prosecutor. He is most recently known for his role in successfully helping clear Republican former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie of criminal charges in the Bridgegate scandal .
“Randy Mastro got a million-dollar retainer to clear Chris Christie in Bridgegate. Mayor Adams thinks Mastro can do the same for him,” Democratic political operative Ken Frydman told the Post.