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Mayor Creates Office of Mass Engagement for Organizing Capacity

By Drooid · Sep 22, 2026, 3:50 PM UTC · How we work

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani created the Office of Mass Engagement with Order No. 7 on Jan. 2.
Commissioner Tascha Van Auken leads the office.
At the Urban 20 summit, Van Auken said the office will build organizing capacity for New Yorkers.
Councilwoman Vickie Palladino (D-NY) and retired officer John D. Macari Jr. called the office power-seeking propaganda.
Social-media users called the office a “Permanent Communist revolution” and warned it would recruit activists.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani created the Office of Mass Engagement with Order No. 7 on Jan. 2.
Commissioner Tascha Van Auken leads the office.
At the Urban 20 summit, Van Auken said the office will build organizing capacity for New Yorkers.
Councilwoman Vickie Palladino (D-NY) and retired officer John D. Macari Jr. called the office power-seeking propaganda.
Social-media users called the office a “Permanent Communist revolution” and warned it would recruit activists.