NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Saturday he\u2019s endorsing a longtime \u201ccomrade\u201d and fellow card-carrying member of the Democratic Socialists of America to replace him the state Legislature.<\/p>\n
DSA operative Diana Moreno <\/a>is Mamdani\u2019s choice in a Feb. 3 special election to fill his state Assembly seat, which covers part of western Queens, the mayor-elect announced during a news conference at Athens Square in Astoria.<\/p>\n Mamdani \u2013 who joined Moreno at the event \u2014 will vacate the seat when he\u2019s sworn in as mayor Jan. 1, and his endorsement makes her a big favorite in the race to represent the far-left assembly district.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been the pleasure of a lifetime to represent this district, and I am so excited at the fact that we have in Diana, someone who will not just continue the legacy that I and so many here have built, of a district that fights for every single person who calls it home, but frankly, for someone who can take that work even further,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Saturday he\u2019s endorsing Diana Moreno, a longtime \u201ccomrade\u201d and fellow card-carrying member of the Democratic Socialists of America, to replace him the state Assembly. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cI am so proud to endorse my friend, to endorse my fellow DSA member, Diana Moreno, to be the next assembly member to represent the great 36th District.\u201d<\/p>\n Moreno thanked Mamdani for his support and said she hopes to win the Assembly seat so she can partner with her longtime \u201ccomrade\u201d in building a \u201cNew York City where the dignity of working people is central.\u201d <\/p>\n Democratic Socialists of America operative Diana Moreno is Mamdani\u2019s choice in a Feb. 3 special election to fill his state Assembly seat that covers part of western Queens Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cI am prepared to defend our immigrant neighbors, win universal no-cost child care for our working families, and fight and fight for the tenant protections and affordable housing that my family and our neighbors will need to call Queens home for generations to come,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The Ecuadorian-born Moreno has previously held DSA leadership roles, including communications director and co-chair of the Queens branch.<\/p>\n Moreno and Mamdani are longtime pals. Diana Moreno\/ Instagram<\/p>\n Other contenders to fill the seat include far lefties Meherunnisa \u201cMary\u201d Jobaida and Rana Abdelhamid.<\/a><\/p>\n