Of all the democratic socialists who piled into a Manhattan church on Wednesday evening, none had the cachet of the man handed a microphone toward the meeting’s close.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani offered some pleasantries — “Hello friends, Zohran, he/him, Queens D.S.A.” — before launching into his mission: torpedoing the candidacy of a left-leaning ally, Councilman Chi Ossé, who is attempting to unseat Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the top House Democrat.
The remarkable scene was both a reflection of the tricky political calculuses Mr. Mamdani confronts as he prepares to take office next year and the egalitarian nature of a group that served as the grass-roots organizing machine of his political success.
Article reads like a NY Times hit piece aimed at dividing leftists and DSA members. DSA members held a meeting, discussed endorsements of candidates for upcoming political races, and now will vote on whether to endorse. Now, if they vote to endorse Osse and then Mamdani declines to get on board with that, then there would be a story. This is just some NYTs bullshit which is what it does best.
only real sane comment here really. DSA voted not to endorse. https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/11/chi-osse-congress/409723/
After Mamdani’s speech, which is exactly what the NYT article says. And yours too (published on Saturday):
I don’t see where it implies that Mamdani defied orders to endorse. All the other commenters here are interpreting the headline accurately and treating it as a story.
No the article is accurate. Mamdani is dividing himself out of the left and into the DNC establishment.