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Zohran Mamdani stirs controversy after appointing an ex-con rapper who served seven years for armed robbery as a criminal justice adviser

Zohran Mamdani stirs controversy after appointing an ex-con rapper who served seven years for armed robbery as a criminal justice adviser

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani‘s decision to appoint a controversial figure—rapper Mysonne Linen, 49, who served seven years in state prison for armed robbery—to his mayoral transition’s “criminal legal system” committee has raised eyebrows. Linen, a Bronx convict-turned-activist, was found guilty of two felony heists in the late 1990s. This selection, as reported by The New York…

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