Mamdani Stands by DSA Co-Chair Gordillo as $5,000 Rent Case and $1.4 Million Renovation Draw Fire
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 27
Mamdani Stands by DSA Co-Chair Gordillo as $5,000 Rent Case and $1.4 Million Renovation Draw Fire
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 27
Summary
Mamdani repeatedly refused to distance himself from NYC-DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo, declining to say he should step down or to condemn allegations about his housing and work history.
A pending Brooklyn Housing Court case alleges Gordillo failed to pay $5,000 in rent on a $2,500-a-month Crown Heights apartment while his family’s Bed-Stuy townhouse underwent a reported $1.4 million renovation.
Scrutiny widened after the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers said Gordillo’s electrician apprenticeship was terminated in March for prolonged absence from required work and classes.
The New York Post also reported Gordillo later won approval for a $95,000 NYC-DSA salary without disclosing that termination, while the townhouse renovation allegedly used nonunion contractors and drew a city stop-work order.
The allegations have sharpened criticism that a prominent anti-landlord, pro-labor socialist organizer is at odds with the housing and worker politics he helped advance alongside Mamdani.