The ex-NYC jails boss who oversaw a huge surge of violence on Rikers Island is helping Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani reshape the Big Apple’s public-safety policies.

Former Correction Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi — a longtime soft-on-crime, juvenile-justice activist — is one of 20 appointees named to the socialist pol’s transition committee for criminal legal services. Both Schiraldi and Mamdani are big proponents of mass decarceration and shutting Rikers.

Critics say Schiraldi — who resigned in June as head of Maryland’s juvenile detention services following statewide spikes in teen crimes – is a terrible selection.

“Vincent Schiraldi failed spectacularly at Rikers, was pushed out of Maryland after yet another correctional disaster, and now Zohran Mamdani is welcoming him with open arm

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