Mayor Eric Adams nominated the accomplished but controversial attorney Randy Mastro to be the city’s top lawyer on Tuesday, defying expected opposition from the City Council.Mastro, currently a partner at King & Spalding, is a former federal prosecutor who held senior roles in Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s administration, including deputy mayor and chief of staff.City Council members have signaled strong opposition to Mastro in the months since Adams began considering him for the job due to Mastro’s work for a Republican mayor and the controversial clients he has since represented — including Manhattan residents fighting homeless shelters, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s office during the Bridgegate scandal, and oil company Chevron in a pollution case in Ecuador.That opposition counts, since corporation counsel is one of just a few City Hall positions that must be confirmed through a City Council vote. The job calls for representing all of city government — including both the mayor and the City Council — and Adams needs to fill the vacant role after disagreements with the mayor’s team reportedly led to the resignation of the previous corporation counsel, Sylvia Hinds-Radix.Although a majority of the 51-member council opposed Mastro’s nomination as of April, Adams is betting that City Hall’s persuasion tactics — which have included setting up one-on-one meetings between Mastro and lawmakers, and commissioning newspaper op-eds from Mastro’s admirers — will be enough to sway... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
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Biteback has acquired a memoir from radio presenter Paul Gambaccini about when he was falsely accused of sexual assault. The publisher acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to Love, Paul Gambaccini, which it describes as a “no-holds-barred story” about 12 months of trauma, from Caroline... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Kobo has said it has “no interest in fighting publishers”, after signing its first publishing deal with journalist Kevin Donovan for a book about Canadian radio presenter Jian Gomeshi, who is currently awaiting trial for sexual assault. The Canadian ebook retailer has signed world English... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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