NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns has made a "captain's pick" to replace Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour on the party's Upper House ticket.
NSW's Labor's general secretary Bob Nanva has been parachuted into the winnable position less than a week after Mr Asfour vacated the spot due to his expense claims while mayor.
He claimed rate-payer funds for luxury clothes and a massage while on a work trip to Tokyo.