Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is reportedly considering Ramzi Kassem for Chief Counsel, a move already drawing controversy due to Kassem’s history defending an al Qaeda terrorist and radical anti-Israel activists. Kassem, a transition team legal adviser and CUNY law professor, also represented Columbia protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained by ICE for 104 days before being ordered released by a judge.
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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has just appointed a (former) convict to serve as crime adviser on his City Hall transition team. Because, who better to advise on public safety than a literal criminal?