NYCs top lawyerlearned over the news shes being replaced after raising issues with city repping Mayor Eric Adams in sex misconduct suit: sources

The Adams administration’s top attorney raised concerns over having New York City rep the mayor in his sex assault lawsuit — and found out in the news that she was being replaced, The Post has learned.The relationship between the Corporation Counsel Sylvia Hinds-Radix and City Hall began to sour over the past few weeks as she raised concerns over using the Law Department for his defense in the lawsuit, according to sources with knowledge.At one point, City Hall even asked the 73-year-old attorney to step down — but she refused, the sources said.“They begged her to resign,” a source said, adding, “She wanted to blow it up.”It wasn’t until she was blindsided by news reports that the administration was planning to replace her with Randy Mastro, former chief of staff and deputy mayor for Rudy Giuliani, that she gave in and resigned, according to the sources.Hinds-Radix, who was appointed in the first week of the Adams administration, is expected to leave her post this week, according to sources, who added that she was devastated by how her exit publicly unfolded.Hinds-Radix had also pushed back over another legal issue, but The Post has not confirmed the details of that dispute, but sources said City Hall had become increasingly frustrated with her repeated opposition.Mayor Adams denied during his weekly off-topic press conference Tuesday that there were any disagreements between him and his corporation counsel.For weeks, Hinds-Radix has gone to bat for the mayor while being grilled by reporters questioning why taxpayers were footing the bill to defend Adams over an accusation that had nothing to do with his jobs.“The mayor is entitled to representation as a former employee of the Transit Authority, under the State Public Officers Law,” Hinds-Radix first told reporters on March 19, just a day after the bombshell amended complaint dropped against the mayor, which he vigorously denied.She would later concede that the Law Department can choose whether o...