Leadership & Staff
Elle Bisgaard-Church
Mayor Mamdani chief of staff
Morris Katz
Democratic political strategist
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Position
Dean Fuleihan
Mamdani First Deputy Mayor
Elana Leopold
Mamdani transition team lead, former de Blasio staffer
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Position
Jeffrey Lerner
VP at DKC
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Position
In the office of
Ross Barkan
Journalist
Government Positions
New York City Council
51-member lawmaking body of NYC
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Position
Memberships
Democratic Socialists of America
socialist political and activist organization
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Member
Family
Mahmood Mamdani
Indian-Ugandan anthropologist, academic
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father
Schools
Bowdoin College
private liberal arts college Brunswick, Maine
Social
Zeteo
Mehdi Hasan progressive media company
Union Now
pro-union nonprofit
United Bodegas of America
Bodega trade group
Polymarket
prediction market platform
New York State Nurses Association
Union representing 35,315 members in New York
Katie Wilson
Seattle mayor
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
US Representative from New York (2019-present)
Al Sharpton
Civil rights activist, MSNBC host
Ruth Messinger
Former New York City Councilmember
New Yorkers for Lower Costs
Mamdani super PAC