Jason Beeferman

5 days ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman

State Sen. John Liu endorsed Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani for mayor today outside City Hall. | Jeff Coltin/POLITICO YES, RESERVATIONS: Surging mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has sewn up the support of state Sen. John Liu, who made history as the first Asian American elected to both the City Council and citywide office as comptroller.

1 week ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and those close to him privately expressed doubt he can win the primary. | Madison Swart/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Image BELIEVE IN YOURSELF… OR DON’T (IF YOU’RE ZOHRAN): Democratic Socialists of America candidate Zohran Mamdani has done wonders for the lefty organization — and that might have been the point all along.

1 week ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman

The strategy appears to be working. Since Mamdani’s October campaign launch, DSA membership has grown 40 percent and a DSA leader told POLITICO the campaign has put together a trove of data the party can repurpose to launch primary challenges in areas where Mamdani is popular. “Since Zohran launched his mayoral campaign, we have gained over 2,400 members,” Grace Mausser, co-chair of NYC-DSA, said in a statement.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Jason Beeferman

NEW YORK — During the genesis of Zohran Mamdani’s now-surging mayoral campaign, the candidate and his democratic socialist allies said it was highly likely — or even certain — that Mamdani would lose the mayor’s race. Instead, the goal from the campaign’s inception was to build the New York City arm of the Democratic Socialists of America, said six Democrats who relayed private discussions and meetings with Mamdani, a campaign staffer and DSA leadership.

1 week ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman

The New York City Campaign Finance Board spent $6.85 million on primary voter guides that contained errors. | Obtained by POLITICO YOU’VE GOT (BAD) MAIL: $6.85 million dollars. That’s how much it cost for the New York City Campaign Finance Board to send out 3.5 million voter information guides this month with a glaring error — it provided an incorrect list of candidates that will appear on the primary ballot and twice described Mayor Eric Adams as a Democrat. He’s running as an independent.