‘How Did They Let You In?’

It’s a cool October evening, and I’m outside one of those buildings on the Upper East Side where a doorman is stationed in the lobby at all hours, a concierge is available to take up your dry cleaning, and even the one-bedrooms come with two bathrooms (and will run you about $1 million on a low-ish floor). As a canvasser, getting an address like this is a challenge. “We might have to get a new building, or we might get really lucky,” says Paloma, who lives in the neighborhood and has been doing a weekly canvass for Zohran Mamdani since the primary. “I sigh a breath of relief when I see that I’m doing a full list of walk-ups,” explains Strati, the other half of tonight’s team and another old hand at this — the chance of someone buzzing you in is much higher than a doorman letting you up. Bu