New York City mayor-elect 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 of city lawyers and represents New York in court. Banks’ role is likely to be a busy one, given Mamdani’s ambitious agenda and his promises to defy Trump’s policies on immigration and other matters.

The Democratic Socialist mayor-elect called Trump a despot during his November victory speech, while Trump, a Republican, has called Mamdani a communist.

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