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Zohran Mamdani got the headlines, but New York was not a one-off. Candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party had amazing election successes elsewhere in America, showing well-organized progressives can beat the power of big money.

The new director of the Working Families Party in New York wants to unite the left against Governor Andrew Cuomo and his austerity politics.

The Working Families Party has achieved its goal of flipping the New York State Senate — but now faces a threat to its very existence.