New York City Mayor Eric Adams has chosen two women to replace top legal counsel positions in his administration. The embattled mayor announced Tuesday that he intends to nominate Muriel Goode-Trufant as the new corporate counsel.

While Mayor Adams publicly offered nothing but support for his embattled adviser Tim Pearson, behind the scenes he was urging him to resign through surrogates, including former chief of staff Frank Carone,

Two previous mayors, Jimmy Walker in 1932 and Bill O’Dwyer in 1950, resigned amid corruption investigations surrounding their administrations. But unlike Adams, Walker and O’Dwyer were not charged while in office.

It's a question facing New Yorkers and Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul after a federal grand jury indicted Adams earlier this week.

Eric Adams stood alone in City Hall on Tuesday and tried to project confidence in his imperiled mayoralty as he answered in-depth questions for the first time since his federal corruption indictment.

The appointments aim to fill two key vacancies in New York City government — and show the mayor can still run the city while he's under indictment.

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced that he will nominate Muriel Goode-Trufant to become New York City’s top lawyer. Adams will nominate Goode-Trufant for the position of corporation counsel in the New York City Law Department.