He’s governing by committee.
Two New York City Democratic Socialists of America leaders scored plum roles on Zohran Mamdani’s transition team — as the mayor-elect Monday named a who’s who of progressive advocates and veterans of Bill de Blasio’s administration to staff its committees.
The 400 comrades tapped by Mamdani to help his transition into City Hall include the local DSA’s co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser, who recently bragged that the mayoral election’s outcome counted as a “mandate” for their shared socialist agenda.
“We’re looking to actually build a very different City Hall,” Mamdani, a DSA member, said during a press conference in East Harlem announcing his 17 transition team committees.
Gordillo will serve on the economic development and workforce developme

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