NYC DSA hatches 2028 White House push for AOC — and plot to topple establishment state Dems

New York City’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter has backed urging Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for US president in 2028, while also planning to challenge established Democrats in future elections. The resolutions signal an effort to turn the group’s growing electoral profile into influence over state and national races.

At a closed-door convention, 438 delegates representing the chapter’s 15,000 members overwhelmingly approved the Ocasio-Cortez measure. A separate resolution calls for building the capacity to contest the presidency and a Senate seat in 2028, and the New York governorship and lieutenant governorship in 2030, naming Governor Kathy Hochul and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand as targets. Delegates also backed opposing AI expansion, pursuing a public bank, raising New York City’s minimum wage from $17 to $30 by 2030, and creating a job board and campaign staffing pipeline.