The Metropolis Council voted to approve Muriel Goode-Trufant as New York Metropolis’s prime lawyer on Thursday night.
Goode-Trufant, who was already within the company counsel submit in an performing capability, was authorized to maintain the job in a everlasting position by a 41-7 vote.
“I thank both Mayor Adams and the City Council for nominating and confirming me for this position,” Goode-Trufant stated in a press release. “I look forward to continuing my work with the dedicated members of the Law Department, who embody the principles of fairness and justice as they work to further the interests of the city.”
At her affirmation listening to final month, Council members expressed their aid at her nomination — in stark distinction to the mayor’s earlier choose to fill the job, Randy Mastro, who confronted a brutal hourslong listening to in August.
“What I will do from the day I am confirmed, for as long as I am privileged to serve, is to build up the department so they can face whatever challenges come their way,” Goode-Trufant stated at her affirmation listening to final month.
The Regulation Division veteran has been serving as performing company counsel since her predecessor, Sylvia Hinds-Radix, stepped down in June.
“Muriel Goode-Trufant’s deep legal expertise and decades of experience as a public servant have made her fully prepared to serve our entire city government and help lead New York City forward in her new role as the city’s chief lawyer,” Adams wrote in a press release. “Thank you to my colleagues in the City Council for their fair and timely consideration of such a supremely qualified and capable nominee.”
Goode-Trufant beforehand served because the Regulation Division’s first assistant company counsel beginning in February 2023. Her new, everlasting position entails main the division and representing the mayor, Metropolis Council and metropolis businesses in court docket.
“She has shown that she will lead the Law Department with thoughtful consideration to the needs of the city, and I look forward to working with her in her new role,” Councilmember Keith Powers, who chairs the Council Guidelines Committee, stated in a press release.
Initially Printed: December 5, 2024 at 7:21 PM EST
