New York City is preparing to welcome its Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and member of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America (NYC–DSA), into office. Ahead of his highly anticipated inauguration, we sit down with NYC-DSA’s co-chair Grace Mausser to discuss the goals of the incoming administration and next steps for the volunteer-powered campaign apparatus that helped propel Mamdani to City Hall. “Just getting a mayor into office, while impressive and very exciting, is not enough,” says Mausser. “The reason we rallied behind Zohran is because he is committed to building our project.”