New York’s Socialist Victories Can't Be So Easily Dismissed

Over the last few weeks, centrist Democrats have attempted mightily to discount the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) and other recent progressive victories in New York City. The victories don’t bear real political significance, they argue, because they were propelled by gentrification and the turnout was low. Unfortunately for them, this is mostly cope. Consider a specific case: Assembly District 54, covering Bushwick and Cypress Hills in Brooklyn. The district is home to 130,000…