By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-10-09 22:56:59 | Updated at 2026-10-09 23:26:15
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The Iron Curtain is cracking.
A civil war is brewing inside the DSA over its support of Mayor Zohran Mamdani — with his socialist comrades up in arms over his attendance at an Oct. 7 vigil and his support of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
Youth chapters within the New York City Democratic Socialists of America endorsed a protest outside City Hall Wednesday — on the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel — condemning the mayor’s “failures to uphold his commitment to the Palestinian Liberation Movement.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani was heckled by protestors “charging” the Israel-bashing mayor with “genocide” and calling him complicit after an ICE shooting in The Bronx. AP Photo/Frank Franklin IISources said that the heads of the local chapter moved swiftly to try to tamp down the public criticism of youth chapters who had endorsed the rally.
But Mamdani was still heckled by the protesters during a candlelit vigil for the victims later Wednesday at Union Square.
“Zohran you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide,” they chanted at Hizzoner, who remained stone-faced through the jeers from his anti-Israel comrades.
Screenshots of internal group chats from NYC-DSA’s “Anti-War Working Group” obtained by The Post show members raging after leadership apparently threatened to pull the youth chapters’ funding and told them to stop using “pro-hamas dogwhistles” — calling it “unambiguously racist” and “inexcusable.”
The members of the group chat were up in arms over an Instagram post from Hunter College’s Youth DSA chapter — which had endorsed the City Hall rally — claiming that NYC-DSA leaders threatened the youth chapters’ funding.
“F—ing DISGUSTING,” one wrote
“I’m out of things to say with this chapter’s leadership. It’s just nonstop horses–t,” another chimed in.
One member even offered to use their “status as a Jew w/ family in the entity” to help respond to the brouhaha.
Sources told The Post that DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser tried to tamp down the public critisism. Cindy Schultz for NY Post“I was born here but was signed up by fam for citizenship which I renounced, don’t care about Jewish/israeli feelings which, they should be made to cry more imho,” they wrote.
The increased tension came before Mamdani went on a fiery anti-ICE screed at a press conference about Thursday’s shooting by federal agents of an alleged criminal migrant during an arrest in The Bronx, yet Hizzoner still faced accusations of being “complicit” from protesters in the crowd.
“Jessica Tisch must get ICE out of New York and end NYPD complicity with these terrorists,” the NYC-DSA posted on X Friday.
“If the Commissioner can’t put a stop to these injustices, she must be fired,” the group said, without directly calling on the mayor — who appointed Tisch to the post — to act.
DSA-NYC co-chairs Grace Mausser and Gustavo Gordillo did not respond to requests for comment Friday.
A City Hall spokesperson said there were no plans to remove Tisch from her post
