Council Progressives will try to block Adams’ plan to tap Randy Mastro as NYC’s top lawyer

City Council Democrats from the party’s progressive caucus say they will work to block Mayor Adams’ expected plan to tap conservative legal heavy-hitter Randy Mastro as his administration’s next top attorney, setting the stage for a potentially contentious battle over his nomination. Sources first revealed late Tuesday that Adams is looking to replace his current corporation counsel, Sylvia Hinds-Radix, with Mastro, an ex-federal prosecutor who served as a top official in Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s administration and has a record of fighting for conservative causes in the legal arena. The corporation...