RIP-OFF ARTIST ATT’Y NOT AXED

Punk rocker sorry for anti-Israel tear

A city public defender will keep her job after apologizing for brazenly tearing down posters of hostages missing in the Israel-Hamas war, her employer said.

Victoria Ruiz was captured in a viral video last week ripping down one of the many posters plastered across the Big Apple since the terrorist group attacked Israel on Oct. 7.

In the clip, Ruiz ignores the person behind the camera who is repeatedly asking, “Why are you taking down pictures of missing children?”

Ruiz, who also fronts Downtown Boys, a politically charged punk band signed by highly respected Seattle indie label Sub Pop, was identified as the person tearing down the posters in the video by nonprofit watchdog Stop-Antisemitism.

When contacted by The Post, New York County Defender Services, has a $52.3 million contract with the city to provide services to indigent defendants, condemned Ruiz’s actions as “highly insensitive.”

“It has come to our attention that one of our attorneys, Victoria Ruiz, recently attended a public vigil solely in her capacity as a private citizen,” Lupe Todd-Medina, spokesperson for the group, said in a statement. “Some of her actions at the event have drawn sharp criticism and we strongly condemn them as highly insensitive.”

But following an internal investigation into the incident, NYCDS accepted Ruiz’s apology and her promise to “do better.”

Rabbi not buying it

Ruiz’s slap on the wrist for the incident has upset many, including a member of the New York Board of Rabbis, who say she should face stiffer sanctions.

“I don’t understand why we allow people to get away with it so easily without holding them accountable. The punishment should be a lot greater than, ‘I’m sorry,’ ” Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, executive vice president of the board, told The Post.

“In the Jewish tradition, you have to show you’re sorry, not just say you’re sorry.”

Potasnik then suggested: “We have the list of the families of all the hostages. She should start apologizing to the families.”

Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz said Ruiz only apologized because she was caught in the act.

“It’s disgusting,” said Dinowitz, a Democrat who represents a heavily Jewish neighborhood of Riverdale.

“She should be required to go to diversity training for antisemitism. These are people we are entrusting with our tax dollars to represent indigent defendants. Clearly, there’s something wrong.”

Ruiz didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Ruiz’s five-piece punk outfit, formed in Rhode Island in 2011, put “politics front and center” and are known for their “insane shows,” Rolling Stone wrote in 2016.

The attorney and musician is just the latest to be caught participating in the disturbing missing poster trend. Countless individuals have been filmed in the city tearing down or vandalizing posters of children and adults taken hostage in the Israel-Hamas war.