World to Win

The 2028 elections offer an immense opportunity to project our socialist politics to an audience of millions. This resolution commits NYC-DSA to the goal of holding our candidates to the DSA Workers Deserve More (WDM) program, running a slate of nationally endorsed Congressional and state candidates on a common platform derived from WDM, and participating in a national DSA-wide Presidential town hall process. It also encourages our federal elected officials to join the Federal Socialists in Office Committee, cross-endorse across the entire national slate, and vote as a bloc in Congress.

NYC-DSA builds power through member-led organizing. This resolution ensures we invest back in our members by committing 25% of dues income to Working Groups, Affinity Groups, Branches, and member-led initiatives. It also upgrades our opaque bugeting process to be more democratic and transparent. Members will have a voice in branch budgets and the ability to submit proposals for funding; City Convention or the Citywide Leadership Committee (CLC) will approve the annual chapter budget; and major expenditures will require member approval. Guidelines for reserves and regular reporting will be established to ensure the organization remains financially healthy. CLC will oversee smaller expenses.

Labor has long been a standing chapter priority in NYC-DSA, but the current Labor Working Group (LWG) is mostly focused on electoral and legislative campaigns. Drawing inspiration from campaigns like Break the Chain and City Workers for Zohran, this resolution recommits LWG to prioritize rank-and-file union organizing and to develop powerful campaigns within the labor movement that orient the working class towards socialist politics. It also commits the LWG to organizing DSA members into industry sections and providing member-run spaces for decision-making, building community, and political education.

NYCHA residents are organizing against the demolition of the Fulton & Elliott-Chelsea (FEC) complexes and their conversion to private management. This resolution commits NYC-DSA to supporting FEC tenants in their struggle by calling on Mayor Mamdani to halt the demolition, stop the eviction of FEC tenants, fund necessary repairs, and hold an open democratic vote among FEC tenants on the future of their housing. It also calls on NYC-DSA SIOs to oppose the demolition. NYC-DSA must take an active role in the fight to preserve Section 9 and build political solidarity with public housing residents on the front lines.

The Racial Justice Working Group established a foundation for the ongoing work of abolishing police violence. This resolution commites NYC-DSA to a multi-year campaign targeting NYPD. It aims to end NYPD’s practice of broken windows policing and homeless encampment sweeps, and to disband the Strategic Response Group and other NYPD specialized units. The campaign will use Mayor Mamdani’s term to establish the Department of Community Safety as a permanent institutional alternative to policing and expand programs such as B-HEARD which divert responses to mental health crises away from the NYPD.

NYC-DSA’s bylaws are unwieldy, out of compliance with DSA’s Democracy Commission, and do not set a good standard for a democratic, member-run organization. This bylaws amendment is a comprehensive overhaul rooted in compliance and democratic best practices. Structurally, it commits NYC-DSA to a proportionally elected leadership by electing the Steering Committee in one chapter-wide election, replacing the practice of holding a separate election for each officer position. It authorizes the creation of administrative committees to democratize administrative and technical tasks. Finally, it formalizes the CLC as a distinct legislative body with oversight over Steering and removes Steering members from the CLC.

Almost two million New Yorkers speak Spanish at home. This resolution commits NYC-DSA to a program of Spanish language exchanges and asambleas comunitarias organized through the Latinos Socialistas Working Group. The language exchanges will follow the model of Coffee with Comrades and other membership and political education initiatives by conducting reading groups, DSA 101s, canvassing trainings, and other such events entirely in Spanish. At the asambleas comunitarias, Spanish-speaking comrades will participate in political education, discussion, and decision-making in their own language.

It is the duty of all socialists to fight for enfranchisement and against political apathy. This resolution commits NYC-DSA to launch a “Suffrage for All” campaign through Democratize New York, targeting voter registration for working-class New Yorkers. Where organizers register voters as Democrats, they will affirm that NYC-DSA remains independent of and critical of the Democratic Party, with the ultimate goal of building an independent working-class party. The initiative will grow into a broader statewide campaign for voter protection and voting rights.

Undoing the legacies of a repressive and unequal culture requires proactive work. This resolution charges NYC-DSA with creating a task force to investigate best practices for fighting oppression among our ranks and supporting organizers in integrating anti-oppressive frameworks into their daily practice. It will be responsible for hosting trainings for chapter leadership on anti-oppressive practices as well as for providing an assessment of our organizational culture and presenting collectively designed recommendations.

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