The adage “Today the PTA, tomorrow the world” seems to be taking on a new meaning as the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) sets its sights on reshaping community and parental groups. With an ambitious goal to promote their agenda, the DSA has been vocal about infiltrating various “lower-level” government entities to fast-track their progressive policies, even as they contend with political figures like Governor Kathy Hochul.

This initiative comes as the chapter gains momentum under the leadership of mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. The DSA is encouraging its members to actively participate in these local institutions, aiming to transform them into platforms for their cause. Grace Mausser, co-chair of the NYC-DSA, articulated this strategy in a recent article for “Jacobin,” a publication that prides itself as a prominent voice for the American left.

In her piece, Mausser emphasized the necessity of embedding supporters and organizers of Zohran Mamdani within the plethora of New York City’s semi-governmental bodies. These include entities like community boards, parent-teacher associations, and community education councils, which she noted are often dominated by less progressive elements. This push for involvement was outlined in a manifesto released just weeks prior to Mamdani’s anticipated inauguration.

‘[W]e must plug Zohran organizers and supporters into lower-level city institutions en masse,” NYC-DSA co-chair Grace Mausser wrote in the magazine “Jacobin,” which dubs itself as the “leading voice of the American left.

“New York City has hundreds of small semigovernmental bodies that are typically ceded to less progressive forces, such as community boards, and parent-teacher associations and community education councils,” she continued in the manifesto, published weeks before Mamdani takes office.

Mausser urged the nearly 12,000 members, as well as other Mamdani supporters, to take advantage of volunteer spots at libraries and parks if they can’t nab a city seat.

“We have the opportunity to create a sense of mass ownership over the city and build support for Zohran’s agenda from the bottom of city government to the top,” she wrote.

The NYC-DSA played a massive role in getting Mamdani elected during both the primary and general elections.

Mausser, who sits on the mayor’s transition committee for small businesses and Minority-and Women-Owned Business Enterprise, said the infiltration would be key in rallying the low levels of government to enact their far-left agenda despite the objections of their “enemies”

“There will certainly still be enemies to pressure both at the city and state levels (Governor Kathy Hochul is certainly not excited to implement the Mamdani agenda),” she wrote, adding, “but mobilizing and preparing lower levels of government to support and enact policy goals from the top is different than pressuring high-level decision-makers.”

The socialist blueprint for New York City is just the latest time Hochul, who endorsed Mamdani and helped him calm the nerves of the Democratic establishment, found herself in the crosshairs of the far-left pals of the incoming mayor.

Mamdani folks have repeatedly heckled the governor with “Tax the Rich” chants during joint appearances — despite her publicly shooting down the mayor-elect’s campaign promise.

“Of course, Hochul is a DSA enemy. She doesn’t satisfy their ideological, political-purity test,” said political insider Ken Frydman.

“They’re young, politically-misguided revolutionaries in a big hurry for the revolution to begin on January 1, 2026. They should use the next month to study the success rates of previous socialist revolutions.”