DSA targets moderates in NY state Assembly primary races

Six DSA-backed incumbents and challengers are trying to expand the socialist footprint in New York state’s Legislature during Tuesday’s primaries. But moderate Dems such as Michael Benedetto — who faces a rematch with Jonathan Soto, a Democratic Socialist who worked for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — hope to keep their left-wing pipedreams in check. “The people...