"On the second day of his administration, Mayor Zohran Mamdani took steps to formalize the movement-style organizing inside City Hall that helped propel him to victory in November. At a press conference on Friday at Grand Army Plaza, surrounded by campaign volunteers, Mamdani signed an executive order establishing the Mayor's Office of Mass Engagement, a new executive-level office intended to centralize and expand opportunities for New Yorkers to participate in city government."
"Mamdani named Tascha Van Auken, a longtime Democratic Socialists of America organizer and veteran progressive campaign operative, as the office's inaugural commissioner. She also spent many years working at the Blue Man Group, which means she brings both organizing discipline and an unusual tolerance for chaos, Mamdani quipped. The new office, Mamdani said, is not a continuation of the campaign apparatus but a restructuring of existing civic engagement functions within city government. Too often engagement is fragmented or symbolic, Mamdani said."
On his second day in office, Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order establishing the Mayor's Office of Mass Engagement to centralize and expand opportunities for New Yorkers to participate in city government. He appointed Tascha Van Auken, a longtime Democratic Socialists of America organizer and progressive campaign operative, as the inaugural commissioner. Van Auken's background includes years with the Blue Man Group. Mamdani framed the new office as a restructuring of existing civic engagement functions rather than a continuation of campaign apparatus. He criticized fragmented, symbolic outreach and emphasized embedding public feedback earlier in policy design and decision-making.
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