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Are they Democrat socialists or just deadbeat scammers?

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Post Editorial Board. (2026, August 24). Are they Democrat socialists or just deadbeat scammers? New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/08/24/opinion/are-they-democrat-socialists-or-just-deadbeat-scammers/

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The article reports on allegations of hypocrisy and deceit among leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in New York City, specifically Gustavo Gordillo, Morris Katz, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani's ally Tracy Rosenthal. According to the article, these individuals have allegedly used their wealthy family connections to live off others' expenses or cheat on rent payments, despite presenting themselves as champions of the underprivileged. The key numbers mentioned are $1.5 million (the value of Gordillo's home) and $14,000 (the amount Katz allegedly owed in unpaid rent). The article takes a critical angle, accusing these individuals of being "deadbeat scammers" who are morally bankrupt despite claiming to have a vision for remaking society.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-08-24, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Gustavo Gordillo, co-chair of the DSA-NYC, has been accused of using non-union labor for renovations to his $1.5 million home in Bed-Stuy, despite being a member of the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers). The local community board opposed the project, saying it clashed with the historic district's vibe. Gordillo is also alleged to have stiffed his landlord on three months' rent for a different apartment in Crown Heights. Additionally, another individual, Morris Katz, a campaign consultant, reportedly owed his landlord $14,000 and left behind a unit in Williamsburg filled with trash when he moved out.

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🔮 Sorry: The deal between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin to shut down the Central Park carriage trade is as much of a compromise as the Hitler-Stalin Pact, with the horses and their drivers stuck playing Poland.

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🔮 With each passing day, it’s ever more certain: Social Security benefits for the elderly will fall — dramatically — by 2032 . . . because Washington is too scared to act.

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🔮 They also have no answer for “the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who enter legally but then illegally overstay their visas” — “other than to grant them citizenship,” which will only invite “millions more to stay.”

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🔮 Here’s one “affordability” villain Mayor Zohran Mamdani doesn’t want you knowing about: City Hall.

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🔮 We expect Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stand firm against House hopeful Darializa Avila Chevalier and other blockheads now demanding the head of Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who’s doing her job in keeping the city safe.

2026-10-13 · assertive framing · Mamdani would be a fool to fire NYPD Commish Jessica Tisch for keeping NYC safe

🔮 The head of its economic branch of its security forces, Hussein Rahimi, reportedly recently threatened to jail people for merely reporting on foreign-exchange prices for the country’s rial. Yet the regime is clearly willing to endure enormous pain to maintain its illusory prospect of victory.

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🔮 Mayor Zohran Mandani’s thundering defense of an alleged illegal-immigrant gangbanger shines a spotlight, yet again, on his grossly screwed up priorities.

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🔮 James — whose unimpressive legal career hardly qualified her to be state attorney general — reeled like a lightweight as seasoned criminal prosecutor Komartireddy threw lightening jabs and bruising blows that left James blinking into the cameras and wishing the one-sided scrap could wrap up early.

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🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani was roundly blasted for demonizing Israel on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre, but Gov. Kathy Hochul almost deserves as much scorn.

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🔮 This definition “Socialism . . . means that you will have whatever you need to live a dignified life and that it is the government’s job to deliver on that.”

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We admit it: It’s just delicious to see so many “commie cosplayers” exposed as frauds — and the hits keep coming. asserted

hits → admit → frauds

It turns out DSA-NYC co-chair Gustavo Gordillo not only has his parents paying for massive renovations of the $1.5 million home they bought for him and his brother in Bed-Stuy, he’s also using non-union labor for the work — and the local community board opposed the re-do plan as creating a structure out of whack with the block, with experts saying the planned “beach house” clashes with the historic district’s vibe. asserted

house → turn → vibe

Then again, Gordillo got suspended from the IBEW membership that he’s bragged about — reportedly because he couldn’t be bothered to actually do the work of apprenticeship. uncertain

he → suspend → apprenticeship

Meanwhile, he allegedly stiffed his Crown Heights landlord on three months of rent for the place he’d been staying in during the Bed-Stuy rebuild. uncertain

he → stiffe → rebuild

And of course equally-privileged Morris Katz, the lefty-loving campaign consultant for Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former Maine candidate Graham Platner, also reportedly stiffed his landlord of $14,000 as he left the Williamsburg pad unit stuffed with trash when he vacated. “When you come from a rich family, you don’t have your priorities in order,” that building’s super, Felix Barbosa, told The Post. uncertain

super → love → Post

We don’t think that’s true for all children from wealthy families, but it does seem to apply to a lot of them who turn into ultra-lefties. asserted

who → think → lefties

Mamdani ally Tracy Rosenthal, who grew up in her Grammy-winning dad’s posh Manhattan crib, actually brags of bankrupting her landlord with a years-long rent strike. asserted

who → grow → strike

That African immigrant lost the building to foreclosure, amid a sad saga that for a while had the city poised to take control. asserted

city → lose → control

That would’ve happened under a program Mamdani’s now boosting that can hand management over to one of the nonprofits that socialist theorizers like Cea Weaver (yet another child of the elite, though not so far as we know a deadbeat) imagine are the highway to housing heaven. asserted

we → happen → heaven

All this epic, sanctimonious selfishness is simply damning for a crowd that claims to be crusading on behalf of the underprivileged: It’s far worse than mere hypocrisy. uncertain

It → claim → hypocrisy

These seriously twisted menaces to society actually claim they’ve got the moral vision to remake it; what a wonderful crew to be running City Hall. uncertain

they → claim → Hall

Are they Democrat socialists or just deadbeat scammers?

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