A senior aide to American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten sounded the alarm months ago over New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s lack of experience, questioning in an email the Democratic Socialist’s ability to govern the city.
Weingarten aide Leo Casey sent the email to the Democratic Socialists of America in May, according to school choice advocate Corey DeAngelis, who reported it Saturday on X.
“A lot of our discussion here is on blocking [former Gov. Andrew] Cuomo and winning the election, which is important,” Casey said in the message on a DSA listserv on May 20 — about a month before Mamdani’s June 24 Democratic primary win.
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