NYC Mayor Discusses Democratic Socialism and DSA Disagreements

Data center moratorium. These are the kinds of things that also characterize what we've been doing right here in New York City.

And yes, I'm proud to be doing so as a mayor who's a member of the Democratic Socialist of America. Okay.

Get rid of borders? No. Get rid of SCOTUS? No.

Get rid of jails? No. So do you think DSA's gonna kick you out? No.

It sounds like you're not aligned with some of the core things they really wanna get done.

You know, when you go into a room and there are more than one socialist in the room, you will often find disagreement in that room.

And what unites members of the Democratic Socialist of America is, in many ways, what has brought people into politics over the years, a belief in the dignity of working class people and the dignity that has to be a characteristic of their lives.

And an understanding that democracy, for it to be meaningful, can't just be at the ballot box.

It has to be in the rest of our lives from the workplace to every other aspect of it. Mm-hmm.

And that's why I'm excited to be a member and that's why I've been excited also to deliver for New Yorkers.

Well, a lot of that has to be done-