Overview
- The transition roster lists 17 committees and includes Linen on the Committee on the Criminal Legal System, with his name corrected on the website after an initial misspelling.
- Linen, 49, served seven years for two late‑1990s Bronx taxi robberies before focusing on criminal justice advocacy and gun‑violence prevention.
- He welcomed the appointment on Instagram, describing it as recognition of years of work in Black and Brown communities.
- The selection drew online criticism, including a post from Jews Fight Back objecting to giving a convicted armed robber a role in shaping policing policy.
- The committee is set to offer personnel and policy recommendations as Mamdani readies a public‑safety agenda featuring a proposed $1.1 billion Department of Community Safety and plans to reduce jail populations toward closing Rikers.