{"id":25360,"date":"2025-11-23T08:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T13:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T08:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T13:49:39","slug":"dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/","title":{"rendered":"DSA Divide: Why They Didn&#8217;t Endorse Chi Oss\u00e9 Against Jeffries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"621\"><em>Chi Osse Credit: Emil Cohen:NYC Council Media Unit<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"621\">Per <a href='https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/news\/dsa-split-close-vote-chi-osse-endorsement' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYC Newswire<\/a>, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter in New York City opted not to endorse Council Member Chi Oss\u00e9 in his Democratic primary run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in New York&#8217;s 8th Congressional District. The news was delivered to members by an internal email sent out on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"623\" data-end=\"876\">The internal communication said, \u201cGiven that Council Member Oss\u00e9 failed to win support for a recommendation of endorsement from a majority of voting members, the Electoral Working Group OC does not make a recommendation for endorsement at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"878\" data-end=\"1099\">According to DSA, 52 percent of voting members declined to endorse Oss\u00e9, while the rest either supported him or abstained. The close result highlights the division within the group&#8217;s membership and hints at growing fractures in DSA&#8217;s previously unified front in New York.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1101\" data-end=\"1159\">Mamdani Encouraged Caution on Endorsing<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1483\">Days before the decision, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani sent a message to DSA members recommending against endorsing Oss\u00e9. Mamdani suggested the group stay out of the NY-08 primary, urging that their focus remain on affordability, which was key in his own recent mayoral campaign.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1485\" data-end=\"1548\">Concern Among Members Influenced the Result<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1550\" data-end=\"1855\">Debate persisted among DSA members all week, both online and behind the scenes. Some raised criticism of Jeffries, noting large campaign contributions from AIPAC and his late endorsement of Mamdani during the mayoral race&#8217;s early voting period.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"2175\">Meanwhile, questions arose about Oss\u00e9\u2019s engagement with DSA. Some members pointed out that Oss\u00e9 only became a dues-paying DSA member this past summer during Mamdani&#8217;s campaign, raising doubts about his sustained commitment to DSA goals.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2177\" data-end=\"2226\">Impact on the NY-08 Congressional Contest<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2228\" data-end=\"2530\">With no DSA endorsement, Oss\u00e9 moves forward challenging Jeffries without the group&#8217;s backing, even as DSA remains influential in New York politics. Jeffries maintains his incumbent edge, while Oss\u00e9 campaigns without an endorsement boost.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2532\" data-end=\"2741\">DSA has provided no additional comments beyond confirming the vote results. Both the Oss\u00e9 and Jeffries camps have yet to issue statements on DSA&#8217;s choice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2532\" data-end=\"2741\"><a href='https:\/\/nycpolitics.com\/newsletter\/' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe to NYCPolitics.com<\/a> for interviews, breaking news, candidate spotlights, voter guides and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chi Osse Credit: Emil Cohen:NYC Council Media Unit Per NYC Newswire, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter in New York City opted not to endorse Council Member Chi Oss\u00e9 in his Democratic primary run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in New York&#8217;s 8th Congressional District. The news was delivered to members by an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5893,"featured_media":25361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2717,2866],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bk-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DSA Divide: Why They Didn&#039;t Endorse Chi Oss\u00e9 Against Jeffries - Brooklyn News and Events<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DSA Divide: Why They Didn&#039;t Endorse Chi Oss\u00e9 Against Jeffries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chi Osse Credit: Emil Cohen:NYC Council Media Unit Per NYC Newswire, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter in New York City opted not to endorse Council Member Chi Oss\u00e9 in his Democratic primary run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in New York&#8217;s 8th Congressional District. The news was delivered to members by an [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Brooklyn News and Events\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-23T13:49:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/Chi-Osse-Credit-Emil-CohenNYC-Council-Media-Unit-e1763905414178.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"875\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"583\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jon Freeman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jon Freeman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/\",\"name\":\"DSA Divide: Why They Didn't Endorse Chi Oss\u00e9 Against Jeffries - Brooklyn News and Events\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/Chi-Osse-Credit-Emil-CohenNYC-Council-Media-Unit-e1763905414178.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-23T13:49:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/#\/schema\/person\/1130e29b270d189bf1efcbd308ea4431\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/Chi-Osse-Credit-Emil-CohenNYC-Council-Media-Unit-e1763905414178.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/Chi-Osse-Credit-Emil-CohenNYC-Council-Media-Unit-e1763905414178.jpg\",\"width\":875,\"height\":583},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DSA Divide: Why They Didn&#8217;t Endorse Chi Oss\u00e9 Against Jeffries\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/\",\"name\":\"Brooklyn News and Events\",\"description\":\"For What&#039;s Buzzin&#039; in Brooklyn\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/#\/schema\/person\/1130e29b270d189bf1efcbd308ea4431\",\"name\":\"Jon Freeman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/12\/Brooklyn-Buzz-Black-Logo-2018-1-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/12\/Brooklyn-Buzz-Black-Logo-2018-1-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Jon Freeman\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DSA Divide: Why They Didn't Endorse Chi Oss\u00e9 Against Jeffries - Brooklyn News and Events","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DSA Divide: Why They Didn't Endorse Chi Oss\u00e9 Against Jeffries","og_description":"Chi Osse Credit: Emil Cohen:NYC Council Media Unit Per NYC Newswire, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter in New York City opted not to endorse Council Member Chi Oss\u00e9 in his Democratic primary run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in New York&#8217;s 8th Congressional District. The news was delivered to members by an [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/","og_site_name":"Brooklyn News and Events","article_published_time":"2025-11-23T13:49:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":875,"height":583,"url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/Chi-Osse-Credit-Emil-CohenNYC-Council-Media-Unit-e1763905414178.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jon Freeman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jon Freeman","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/","url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/","name":"DSA Divide: Why They Didn't Endorse Chi Oss\u00e9 Against Jeffries - Brooklyn News and Events","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/Chi-Osse-Credit-Emil-CohenNYC-Council-Media-Unit-e1763905414178.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-23T13:49:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/#\/schema\/person\/1130e29b270d189bf1efcbd308ea4431"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/Chi-Osse-Credit-Emil-CohenNYC-Council-Media-Unit-e1763905414178.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/11\/Chi-Osse-Credit-Emil-CohenNYC-Council-Media-Unit-e1763905414178.jpg","width":875,"height":583},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/dsa-divide-why-they-didnt-endorse-chi-osse-against-jeffries\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DSA Divide: Why They Didn&#8217;t Endorse Chi Oss\u00e9 Against Jeffries"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/","name":"Brooklyn News and Events","description":"For What&#039;s Buzzin&#039; in Brooklyn","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/#\/schema\/person\/1130e29b270d189bf1efcbd308ea4431","name":"Jon Freeman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/12\/Brooklyn-Buzz-Black-Logo-2018-1-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/12\/Brooklyn-Buzz-Black-Logo-2018-1-96x96.jpg","caption":"Jon Freeman"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/"],"url":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}