The internet barely cooled off from the last drama when Mamdani dropped another bomb: Mysonne Linen, 49, convicted in the late ’90s for two armed taxi robberies, has been appointed to the “Criminal Legal System Committee” on his mayoral transition team.
And the reaction?
Yeah… social media basically exploded. 💥
Linen proudly posted on Instagram: “This is a testament to our decades of work in Black and Brown communities… We are building something different.”
Meanwhile the internet was like: 😬😬😬
📌 From up-and-coming Def Jam rapper → 7–14 years behind bars → activist → now a mayoral advisor.
Even Hollywood couldn’t script a plot twist like that.
After leaving prison, Linen reinvented himself as a community activist, founded Rising Kings, worked as a “violence interrupter,” and teamed up with Linda Sarsour to launch Until Freedom. But people are still asking:
“Should someone convicted of armed robbery be helping shape New York City’s criminal justice policy?”
And that’s just the start.
❗Law-enforcement figures are furious:
– COBA president Benny Boscio called the pick “disheartening and deeply disturbing.”
– Former NYPD Chief John Chell said it’s “another questionable choice in a long list,” adding that the optics “point to a potential erosion of public safety.”
Meanwhile, Mamdani’s transition roster keeps turning heads with:
🔺 Activists who backed convicted cop-killers
🔺 Anti-police academics
🔺 Far-left organizers
🔺 Officials accused of poor oversight
…and even misspelled names in the official announcement. 😅
All of this while Mamdani — whose anti-police and anti-Israel rhetoric already stirred controversy — prepares to take office next month.
Where is New York heading?
A bold new vision — or a dangerous gamble?
