Chi Ossé

==Career==

==Career==

Ossé worked for several years in the entertainment industry as a [[Promoter (entertainment)|promoter]].<ref name =”patch”/> In May 2020, amid [[George Floyd protests|nationwide protests]] over the [[murder of George Floyd]], Ossé became a prominent [[Black Lives Matter]] organizer and co-founded the activist [[collective]] [[Warriors in the Garden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/nyregion/nyc-george-floyd-protests.html|title= How the New York Protest Leaders Are Taking On the Establishment|website=The New York Times|last1=Ransom|first1=Jan|first2=Annie|last2=Correal|date=June 11, 2020|access-date=July 12, 2021}}</ref> According to public statements, Ossé joined the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] in 2020 but left shortly after as he felt his views and those of the organization’s did not align.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/OsseChi/status/1711578089426178344|title=I believe I left in November of 2020. I’m on the left side of the political spectrum and back labor power. Turned out I wasn’t aligned with the organization itself so I left very shortly after signing up. I have no bad blood with the organization or their endorsed electeds.}}</ref> Ossé rejoined the organization in the summer of 2025, following [[Zohran Mamdani]]’s victory in the [[2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary]].<ref> {{Cite web|url= https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/14/chi-osse-becomes-latest-nyc-council-member-to-join-democratic-socialists-of-america/|title=Chi Osse becomes latest NYC Council member to join Democratic Socialists of America}}</ref>

Ossé worked for several years in the entertainment industry as a [[Promoter (entertainment)|promoter]].<ref name =”patch”/> In May 2020, amid [[George Floyd protests|nationwide protests]] over the [[murder of George Floyd]], Ossé became a prominent [[Black Lives Matter]] organizer and co-founded the activist [[collective]] [[Warriors in the .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/nyregion/nyc-george-floyd-protests.html|title= How the New York Protest Leaders Are Taking On the Establishment|website=The New York Times|last1=Ransom|first1=Jan|first2=Annie|last2=Correal|date=June 11, 2020|access-date=July 12, 2021}}</ref> According to public statements, Ossé joined the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] in 2020 but left shortly after as he felt his views and those of the organization’s did not align.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/OsseChi/status/1711578089426178344|title=I believe I left in November of 2020. I’m on the left side of the political spectrum and back labor power. Turned out I wasn’t aligned with the organization itself so I left very shortly after signing up. I have no bad blood with the organization or their endorsed electeds.}}</ref> Ossé rejoined the organization in the summer of 2025, following [[Zohran Mamdani]]’s victory in the [[2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary]].<ref> {{Cite web|url= https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/14/chi-osse-becomes-latest-nyc-council-member-to-join-democratic-socialists-of-america/|title=Chi Osse becomes latest NYC Council member to join Democratic Socialists of America}}</ref>

===2021 City Council campaign===

===2021 City Council campaign===