Mamdani’s influencer army includes teachers, TikTokkers, a self-proclaimed ‘dandy’ — and some don’t even live here

Meet the socialist network. Mayor Zohran Mamdani rode into Gracie Mansion on a social media wave — and he’s keeping his influencer friends close. A bombshell Columbia Journalism Review study found that Mamdani’s administration maintains a secret Signal chat with roughly 200 influencers, where the terminally online creators get the inside scoop — or marching orders — from City Hall. Public school teacher and influencer Sari Beth Rosenberg filming a video with Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Instagram/Sari Beth Rosenberg Here’s a look at four influencers that CJR confirmed to be in the covert chat, along with others who were part of a group that spawned it. Sari Beth Rosenberg Public school teacher Sari Beth Rosenberg — who also works as a digital content strategist for the American Federation of Teac