New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly installed head lawyer for the city, Steve Banks, is looking to build a more muscular Law Department that boosts the progressive mayor’s agenda.
But Big Law firms that made deals with the Trump administration aren’t likely to be partners with the city.
Asked if the city would work with firms that struck such agreements with the administration, he suggested in an interview with Bloomberg Law that those firms are not in a position to help with his goals: “Given the agreements that were made, there may not be the kind of legal assistance …