Zohran Mamdani's surreal and shrewd pragmatism

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : " From the Oval Office, the democratic socialist mayor-elect and the reactionary president began talking about all the things upon which they agree: building more housing and lowering crime; a shared love of New York City.
49% : His chief of staff and closest aide, Elle Bisgaard-Church, is deeply ideologically aligned with Mamdani (and like him, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America).
48% : Back home in New York, Mamdani is already playing a complex role in New York's congressional races, quietly encouraging City Comptroller Brad Lander to challenge Rep. Dan Goldman, a Democrat, in New York's 10th Congressional District, while openly discouraging council member Chi Ossé -- a fellow member of the Democratic Socialists of America -- from challenging Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, for his Brooklyn seat across town.
45% : What's notable about the appointments is who they aren't: outsiders, 20-somethings or people with Democratic Socialists of America bona fides.

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