Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has picked a controversial rapper who did seven years in state prison for armed robbery to advise him on the criminal justice system.
Mysonne Linen, 49, a Bronx convict-turned-activist who was found guilty of two felony heists in the late 1990s, was appointed by the democratic socialist to sit on a “criminal legal system” committee for his transition team as he prepares for the move to City Hall next month.
“This is a testament to our decades of work advocating on behalf of black and brown communities and our expertise in gun violence prevention, legislative advocacy and criminal justice reform,” Linen wrote on Instagram last month. “We are building something different.”
Zohran Mamdani is leaving this modest rent-stabilized Queens apartment for Gracie Mansion
Linen was a promising young rapper when he was convicted in 1999 for being part of a crew that robbed two cab drivers in The Bronx, The New York Daily News reported at the time…