Key Highlights
- Mamdani, who will take office on Jan.
- 1, announced he was appointing Kassem as New York City’s chief counsel, the top legal role in the city.
- He also shared that he is appointing Steven Banks a self-proclaimed "social justice attorney" as corporation counsel and Helen Arteaga as deputy mayor for health and human services. Kassem’s record includes serving as a senior policy advisor for immigration on the White House Domestic Policy Council under former President Joe Biden.
- Kassem served as lead counsel in al-Darbi’s defense.
- In 2014, al-Darbi pled guilty before a U. S.
