Adams appoints Allison Stoddart as City Hall chief counsel, replacing Zornberg

October 1, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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CITY HALL — MAYOR ERIC ADAMS on Tuesday announced the appointment of Allison Stoddart as City Hall chief counsel, effective immediately. Stoddart replaces former chief counsel Lisa Zornberg, who abruptly stepped down in mid-September two days after NYPD Commissioner Edward A. Caban resigned in the midst of at least four criminal investigations targeting members of the Adams administration and Adams himself.

Stoddart has served as chief of staff in the Office of the Chief Counsel since the start of the Adams administration, spearheading the NYC Legal Fellows Program and working alongside City Hall on a wide range of issues, the Mayor’s Press Office said in a release.

Praising Stoddart’s work in the City Hall statement were numerous members of the Adams administration who are themselves under federal investigation, including First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, Chief Advisor Ingrid P. Lewis-Martin and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks.

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