o gain perspective on all of this, I had a long talk with Marshall Ganz, veteran organizer, trainer and strategist, whose been advising the Mamdani team on these very questions since the summer. More here: open.substack.com/pub/theconne...

One big wrinkle in NYC: the role of DSA-NYC, which was the main base for his campaign and which now hopes, as a result, to grow itself as well--in part by setting up a new org, OurTime.nyc, to keep organizing for Mamdani's agenda *and* to channel ppl into DSA. (3/n)

But governing with an independent movement alongside you could be a double-edged sword. It would both give Mamdani more power to win his agenda, but it also made set up expectations that can't be met and tensions that can't be contained. (2/n)

It’s such a good plan we have to pay to read it?

My full post on this topic here open.substack.com/pub/theconne...

90,000 campaign volunteers in a city of 8 million is more, per capita, than the 2 million Barack Obama had in 2008. A “tremendous force,” indeed. #ZohranMamdani

And the crowd interrupted Hochul multiple times to chant “tax the rich” until she finally said, “we hear you.”