The Aporia · Chronically absent DSA crony Chi Ossé skips out on NYC Council work to head upstate

Chi Ossé, a Democratic Socialist member of the New York City Council, skipped important government hearings on Monday and Tuesday to attend rallies in Rochester and Syracuse aimed at lowering electric bills. This comes after The Post exposed his chronic absenteeism from council meetings; he missed four out of 18 stated meetings in the current legislative session and only attended 67.6% of committee meetings. Ossé defended his absences, stating they were to address concerns with energy company Con Edison, but a Democratic operative dismissed this as ineffective campaigning.

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Chi Ossé, a Democratic Socialist and New York City Council member, skipped several government hearings in Brooklyn to travel to Rochester and Syracuse for a rally promoting lower electric bills. This comes after he was absent from four out of 18 stated meetings during the 2025-2026 legislative sessions, making him one of the least engaged council members. Ossé missed an oversight hearing on "CreateNYC," a comprehensive cultural plan, and two committee votes on urban development and property tax exemption. He had previously considered running against US House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries but abandoned those plans. The New York Post exposed his chronic absenteeism on the day he announced his tour to address utility costs.

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“The articles discuss different aspects of Chi Ossé's absenteeism but describe distinct events: one about his overall poor attendance record and the other about him skipping meetings to travel upstate.”

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Craig McCarthy

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🔮 Chi Ossé, a Democratic Socialists of American chum of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, ditched government hearings on Monday and Tuesday to instead travel multiple hours outside of his Brooklyn district to head to Rochester and Syracuse.

2026-10-20 · assertive framing · Chronically absent DSA crony Chi Ossé skips out on NYC Council work to head upstate

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic Socialists of America crony Chi Ossé has the worst attendance record of any member of the City Council, records show.

2026-10-19 · assertive framing · Mamdani’s DSA ally Chi Ossé has worst attendance of any NYC Council member

🔮 “So, how is it that, within seconds, I could find a sexualized image of myself using Grok?”

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · NYC Council Speaker Menin drags reps from Elon Musk’s SpaceX for ‘sexualized’ images created with Grok

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to ask private New York City garage and parking lot owners to block ICE agents from using their property, The Post has learned.

2026-10-15 · assertive framing · Mamdani plans to ask NYC garage owners to block ICE usage in guilt-tripping letter: sources

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s allies are publicly breaking with him over his handpicked police commissioner — and Hizzoner is livid that the socialist House candidate he went out on a limb to endorse is leading the charge.

2026-10-14 · assertive framing · Mamdani’s team ‘pissed’ over Darializa Avila Chevalier’s calls for Tisch to be canned: ‘Direct undermining of Mamdani’

🔮 Levine told The New York Times he made the decision solely on financial grounds, but critics suspected he was caving to Israel-bashers in the Democratic party, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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🔮 “He’d be fine if ICE agents shoot into cars, shoot guns into vehicles, not knowing who’s inside and could have killed a five-year-old child,” she said.

2026-10-13 · assertive framing · Blakeman blasts Hochul for sanctuary policies after NYC ICE shooting during contentious gov debate

🔮 The Mamdani administration recycled old footage from a prior mayor’s staff to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day — while skipping any mention of Italian-American New Yorkers or his hated Columbus Day.

2026-10-13 · assertive framing · Mamdani recycles former mayor’s footage to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

🔮 A new state bill would require colleges to reimburse tuition to sexual assault victims – after a report that Cornell denied a refund to the student at the center of the “Cornell 7” gang rape scandal.

2026-10-08 · assertive framing · NYS lawmaker pitches bill to give sex assault victims tuition reimbursement in wake of ‘Cornell 7’ case

🔮 An Israeli diplomat has invited Mayor Zohran Mamdani to watch a nearly hour-long documentary about the Oct. 7 terror attacks — hoping the horrors from the footage filmed by Hamas themselves will “convey the reality of what happened.”

2026-10-06 · assertive framing · Israeli consulate invites Mamdani to watch Oct. 7 documentary to school mayor on horrors of massacre

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2026-10-16 · New York Post

Mamdani plans to ask NYC garage owners to block ICE usage in guilt-tripping letter: sources

2026-10-15 · New York Post

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2026-10-14 · New York Post

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Hannah Fierick

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2026-10-20 · assertive framing · Chronically absent DSA crony Chi Ossé skips out on NYC Council work to head upstate

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic Socialists of America crony Chi Ossé has the worst attendance record of any member of the City Council, records show.

2026-10-19 · assertive framing · Mamdani’s DSA ally Chi Ossé has worst attendance of any NYC Council member

🔮 Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that Mayor Zohran Mamdani made the right call to stick by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, despite mounting pressure from Hizzoner’s socialist comrades.

2026-10-14 · assertive framing · Hochul applauds Mamdani’s decision to stick it to the DSA and back NYPD Commish Jessica Tisch

🔮 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani insisted he has “no plans” to fire NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, despite rabid demands from his radical cronies — as he appeared alongside the Big Apple’s top cop to honor fallen officers Tuesday.

2026-10-13 · assertive framing · Slippery Mamdani insists he has ‘no plans’ to fire NYPD Commish Jessica Tisch

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin have struck a deal to an horse drawn carriages in the Big Apple.

2026-10-13 · assertive framing · NYC Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages to be banned under new Mamdani deal

🔮 Social media trolls spewed vile hate towards the Big Apple’s police commissioner Jessica Tisch –- echoing calls from Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s political allies demanding he axe the top cop from her post.

2026-10-12 · assertive framing · Israel-hating trolls attack NYPD commissioner online after ICE shooting in NYC

🔮 When Big Apple Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the controversial tax on luxury second homes — or co-ops worth more than $1 million and houses over $5 million — in the city, they claimed the policy would generate $500 million-plus in revenue.

2026-10-11 · assertive framing · NYC loses more than half of pied-a-terre tax appeals, threatening projected revenue pot: ‘Out the window’

2026-10-08 · assertive framing · NYS lawmaker pitches bill to give sex assault victims tuition reimbursement in wake of ‘Cornell 7’ case

🔮 “From my experience, the companies are being extremely reckless given the stakes,” said Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic and OpenAI, who warned last month that AI could pose an extinction-level threat to humanity.

2026-10-05 · assertive framing · AI execs grilled by NYC pols on dangers of tech that ‘could end in human extinction’

🔮 Over 300 of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist comrades are calling on City Hall to halt a pivotal $1.2 billion public housing construction project – siding with tenants who want to stay put in their current homes, The Post has learned.

2026-10-05 · assertive framing · Mamdani’s DSA allies side with NYC public housing residents over mayor in heated standoff: sources

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2026-10-19 · New York Post

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2026-10-14 · New York Post

Slippery Mamdani insists he has ‘no plans’ to fire NYPD Commish Jessica Tisch

2026-10-13 · New York Post

NYC Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages to be banned under new Mamdani deal

2026-10-13 · New York Post

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The lefty council member, who had eyed then abandoned a primary run against US House of Representatives Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries last year, had announced that he’d attend a “rally” for lower electric bills on Monday — the same day The Post exposed his chronic absenteeism. “New York I’m going on tour…to take over our utilities!

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2026-10-20 · New York Post

Chronically absent DSA crony Chi Ossé skips out on NYC Council work to head upstate · assertive framing

Chi Ossé, a Democratic Socialists of American chum of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, ditched government hearings on Monday and Tuesday to instead travel multiple hours outside of his Brooklyn district to head to Rochester and Syracuse. asserted

Ossé → ditch → Rochester

I → eye → utilities

It’s time to lower our energy bills and secure clean, renewable energy!,” he wrote in a post to asserted

he → ’ → post

X. Ossé’s out-of-district tour saw him miss an oversight hearing of “CreateNYC” – the Big Apple’s first comprehensive cultural plan — and a pair of committee votes on an urban development project and a property tax exemption. asserted

him → see → project

The office-allergic politician already missed four of the council’s 18 stated meetings in the 2025-2026 legislative sessions – the worst of any council member – and has only made it to 67.6% of his committee meetings, which makes him one of the six least engaged on the council. asserted

him → miss → council

Ossé brushed off The Post’s reporting on his lackluster attendance record in a post to X Tuesday — claiming his chronic case of absenteeism was due to his work fighting energy company Con Edison. “I’ve been traveling across New York State fighting to take over ConEd to lower our energy bills! asserted

I → brush → bills

I promise I’ll be back soon XO,” he wrote. asserted

he → promise → ?

Ossé’s upstate tour left one Democratic operative scratching their head. asserted

tour → leave → head

“This guy hasn’t a clue what he’s talking about,” said the operative, who has lived in the Syracuse area for more than a decade. asserted

who → have → decade

“You can’t drive to Syracuse, meet a few people for a few minutes, put out a press release, and call that work. asserted

You → drive → that

We call that cheap,” he said. asserted

he → call → that

The Tuesday rally in Syracuse coined “Take Back Our Power” was set to feature Ossé, state Assembly member Sarahana Shrestha, and Onondaga County Legislator Mo Brown. asserted

rally → coin → Ossé

It was sponsored by the Syracuse branch of the DSA. asserted

It → sponsor → DSA

“Respectfully, focus on the issues of the constituents in your district, one X user wrote,” in response to the rally flyer. asserted

user → focus → flyer

A spokesperson for Ossé and the City Council didn’t respond to a request for comment Tuesday. asserted

spokesperson → respond → comment

Chronically absent DSA crony Chi Ossé skips out on NYC Council work to head upstate

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