After years of fighting austerity, real estate, and machine politics from inside city hall, I joined the Democratic Socialists of America because only a mass movement can make those fights winnable.

This year, thousands of New Yorkers clawed political power out from establishment Democrats and brought it back home. When we elected Zohran Mamdani as mayor, we proved that the future of the city belongs to its people, not billionaire donors. Despite running against a campaign made up of fear, craven racism, and millions of dollars, we stood with our neighbors and demanded better than the status quo. This win couldn’t have happened without the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (NYC-DSA).

I ran for office in 2021 because I believed the working people of our city de

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