
Building “Mass Governance” in Zohran Mamdani’s New York City
Zohran Mamdani is now mayor of New York City, and the Left’s old ways of relating to elected officials won’t cut it. We need a “mass governance” approach.
Sumathy Kumar was cochair of New York City Democratic Socialists of America from 2020 through 2022 and helped found and lead the Socialists in Office committee. She is the managing director of the New York State Tenant Bloc.

Zohran Mamdani is now mayor of New York City, and the Left’s old ways of relating to elected officials won’t cut it. We need a “mass governance” approach.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes office in New York City today. The Left now has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a socialist movement that could stretch across not only the city and the country but the world.