NYC Democratic socialists look to ride Mamdani wave and expand ranks in Albany
Eight New York City democratic socialists are looking to maintain momentum from Mayor Zohran Mamdani's election and shift the balance of political power in Albany.
The candidates include a public defender, a union organizer and a former PTA president, and all are running on a shared platform of fighting “against ICE, war and genocide, and Trump’s tax cuts.”
It is the largest slate of candidates the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has ever endorsed. DSA leaders said they want to double the ranks of socialist legislators in Albany pushing to tax the rich to pay for social services like universal childcare.
The NYC-DSA and its army of volunteers were instrumental in Mamdani’s successful mayoral campaign last year, and the mayor continues to refer to the organization as his “political home.”
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