Randy Mastro deserves a fair vote: The City Council must hear out the mayor's pick for corporation counsel
As she writes in these pages today, City Council Adrienne Adams wants to amend the City Charter to give the body the power to confirm 21 additional mayoral appointees beyond those currently subject to advise and consent. Before expanding that authority, the Council must fulfill its existing oversight obligations and give a fair hearing and vote to Mayor Adams' choice of Randy Mastro to be the city's top lawyer. We don't have a vote on the Council, but if we did we would be casting it for Mastro.