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Has Gracie Mansion Ever Had a Democratic Socialist?

Zohran Mamdani’s opponents have portrayed his Democratic Socialists of America affiliation as unusual, but he is not the first New York politician — or would-be mayor — with ties to the group.

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David Dinkins shaking hands with members of the community alongside Jesse Jackson in Queens in 1989. Mr. Dinkins himself was, at some point, a card-carrying member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
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