Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team left charter school officials out in the cold while special interests were given influential seats at the table — even though 15% of Big Apple students rely on them.

The democratic socialist didn’t appoint any officials from the charter sector to his Committee on Youth & Education — one of 17 teams that include 400 people — nor did he appoint members of groups that support merit-based education such as gifted and talented programs and specialized high schools.

“It’s a mistake for Mamdani not to have people on his transition who advocate for families in charter schools — mostly black and brown students,” said Ray Domanico, a senior fellow at the pro-charter Manhattan Institute.

“These charter school students in the poorer neighborhoods score h

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