Mamdani taps de Blasio alum, Trump critic as NYC's top lawyer

By Karen Sloan Dec 30 (Reuters) - Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday named his pick to be the city's top lawyer, tapping a former city official who resigned from prominent law firm Paul Weiss this year after it struck a controversial deal with President Donald Trump. Mamdani at a press conference announced Steve Banks as corporation counsel, a position that oversees hundreds