Before revision: When this arrangement proved unsatisfactory, due to the chaos of shifting the city's caseload between various outside URL the City Charter was amended in 1849 to create the Office of the Corporation Counsel (so named because New York City is a municipal corporation).
After revision: When this arrangement proved unsatisfactory, due to the chaos of shifting the city's caseload between various outside counsels, the City Charter was amended in 1849 to create the Office of the Corporation Counsel (so named because New York City is a municipal corporation).