“I am still in ecstasy over this,” said artist Molly Crabapple (mollycrabapple) over the phone the day after the election. Millions of us feel the same way — Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral election yesterday sparked celebrations across the world, including at a bar in Williamsburg where Crabapple danced and cheered with her friends and fellow organizers. A born-and-bred New Yorker and an accomplished artist and writer, Crabapple turned 18 years old right after 9/11, lived across the street when Occupy Wall Street began, and joined 500 Jewish activists to shut down the New York Stock Exchange last October in protest of the genocide in Gaza. Since joining the Democratic Socialists of America (nycdsa) in 2017, the same year that Mamdani joined, she has witnessed him lay the groundwork for his political career as an organizer and community-driven advocate first. Read Crabapples reflections on the race, Mamdani’s experience, and the DSA at the link in bio. . . . 1 ...