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Mamdani Taps Felon Who Served 7 Years for Robbing NYC Taxi Drivers as 'Criminal Legal System' Adviser
WFB ^ | 2 Dec 2025 | Chuck ROse

Posted on 12/05/2025 7:01:19 AM PST by Rummyfan

Mamdani has said transition officials like Mysonne Linen will make both 'personnel recommendations' and 'policy recommendations'

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani tapped a convicted felon who served seven years for a string of armed robberies targeting New York City taxi drivers to advise him on the "criminal legal system."

Mysonne Linen, a rapper-turned-social justice activist, will serve on Mamdani's "criminal legal system committee," 1 of 17 committees that Mamdani created to help transition into his administration. Mamdani said the appointees "will be tasked with not only making personnel recommendations but policy recommendations."

Linen served seven years in prison for armed robberies in 1997 and 1998. Linen was part of a group of men who robbed cab driver Joseph Eziri in June 1997, and hit him with a beer bottle, the New York Daily News reported at the time. Prosecutors alleged Linen held up cabbie Francisco Monsanto at gunpoint in a March 1998 robbery, stealing jewelry and cash. Both drivers identified Linen as the stick-up man at Linen's trial.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corruption; democratcorruption; mamdami; mysonnelinen
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I'm sure he's the best qualified person for the nothing job.

1 posted on 12/05/2025 7:01:19 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Henhouse and fox come to mind.


2 posted on 12/05/2025 7:02:18 AM PST by xp38
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To: Rummyfan

He’s thinking ,”all that taxpayer money will be mine”


3 posted on 12/05/2025 7:02:30 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Rummyfan

Those Wacky Muzzie Kings. I thought the socialist left didn’t want a king. Why the hell did they elect on? The left is severely retarded.


4 posted on 12/05/2025 7:02:59 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Freedom isn't Free. Socialism isn't free either.)
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To: Rummyfan
Mysonne Linen, a rapper-turned-social justice activist, will serve on Mamdani’s “criminal legal system committee,” 1 of 17 committees that Mamdani created to help transition into his administration. Mamdani said the appointees “will be tasked with not only making personnel recommendations but policy recommendations.”

Seventeen committees?! What a hash they will produce. We can only hope that stasis is their main output because all their recommendations will probably be contradictory.

5 posted on 12/05/2025 7:03:22 AM PST by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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17 advisory committees should get things off the ground quite quickly though ...


6 posted on 12/05/2025 7:06:38 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Rummyfan

NYC will need an armed revolt to get this talking feces and his he/she/it fellow turds out of office.
No, wait, that cannot happen...for some reason.


7 posted on 12/05/2025 7:07:12 AM PST by Da Coyote
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Much as I hate to, I may have to rewatch “New Jack City.”


8 posted on 12/05/2025 7:07:35 AM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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my bet was michael cohen

New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission has ordered President Donald Trump’s former lawyer to divest from several taxi medallions he owns now that he’s a felon.

must be big money in the NYC taxi business?


9 posted on 12/05/2025 7:07:44 AM PST by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: Rummyfan
How do you destroy a powerful nation?

From within...

10 posted on 12/05/2025 7:07:59 AM PST by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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As fun as it will be watching New Yuck destroy itself the bad part is this political philosophy is dug in like a tick all over the nation, and world even. Democrats and progs are all too happy to destroy the western world for the sake of Islam.


11 posted on 12/05/2025 7:08:20 AM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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Mamdani has also vowed to stop homeless sweeps:

“New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has announced he will halt all homeless encampment sweeps across the city once he takes office in January.”

They’ll be able to ride all the trains and buses they want for free.

Looking forward to seeing the results of Mamdani’s reforms and appointees.


12 posted on 12/05/2025 7:10:38 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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My hope is that watching NYC burn itself to the ground will be enough to get the attention of minimally indoctrinated Americans, (there are some of those). Those that are deeply indoctrinated will buy the lie that NYC failures are due to Republicans. IF enough of the minimally indoctrinated can be swayed, this country may have a chance.

The muslim invasion we have talked about for years here on FR is happening, and it won’t be pretty. The silver lining is that once muzzies take charge, progressives will get to try and fly off buildings.


13 posted on 12/05/2025 7:11:11 AM PST by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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I’m betting all those New Yorkers who were too lazy to get out and vote will rue the day they stayed home, and let this jihad fool win.


14 posted on 12/05/2025 7:11:33 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: thinden
must be big money in the NYC taxi business?

Oh there is!

15 posted on 12/05/2025 7:13:54 AM PST by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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Mamdani has made no secret of his intention to decimate what’s left of law enforcement in NYC to finish the job that Alvin Bragg started. The people of New York are warned: get a gun or get out.


16 posted on 12/05/2025 7:14:05 AM PST by Spok (You know people are out of ideas when all they can do is verbally attack people they disagree with.)
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This is what they voted for. Let him appoint criminals and Communists and see how it works out.


17 posted on 12/05/2025 7:25:24 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: gundog

Well, Lenin hired criminals to serve in the Cheka, so there is precedent.


18 posted on 12/05/2025 7:28:13 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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Well, Lenin hired criminals to serve in the Cheka, so there is precedent.


And had foreigners heading it up. Feliks Dzierzyński, was a Pole.


19 posted on 12/05/2025 7:29:53 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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“1 of 17 committees“

Let’s just call them the politburo. A commie through and through


20 posted on 12/05/2025 7:30:25 AM PST by iamgalt
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