Exclusive | Privileged DSA leader who lives in parents’ $1.5M house got fired for not showing up to electrician gig — then convinced socialist comrades to pay him $95K

Nypost · Aug 19, 2026 · 804 words · By Craig McCarthy; Haley Brown

Class Conflict Hypocrisy of Socialist Leaders

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Add The New York Post on Google The top DSA leader whose parents set him up in cushy Brooklyn digs short-circuited as a union electrician — and then convinced his socialist party comrades to pay him a near-six-figure salary, The Post has learned.

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Former Yale University liberal arts student Gustavo Gordillo, 38, was fired from his apprenticeship program in March after ghosting his employer for months, meaning he never made it as a fully-credentialed electrician, the IBEW Local 3 union confirmed…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The socialist became a member of the Local 3 union in April 2024”

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While sources confirm he was an apprentice and was later terminated, none of the provided evidence specifies the exact date he became a member as 'April 2024'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Local Union No. 3 IBEW. New Union Communications. Sign-up Now!
https://www.local3ibew.org/

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web search NEUTRAL — Gordillo, who describes himself as a union electrician and lists that occupation on his X profile, was terminated from his apprenticeship with IBEW Local 3 in March for a “prolonged absence.”
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/20/spoiled-brats-leaders…

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web search NEUTRAL — Gustavo Gordillo, a co-chair of the New York chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, has said he lives in an apartment in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, but other records show th…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/nyregion/nyc-gustavo-gord…

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Claim 2: “The measure to pay Gordillo and Mausser each $95,000 a year with benefits ended up passing.”

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Multiple independent sources (City & State New York and another exclusive report) confirm that NYC-DSA passed a measure to pay co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser $95,000 plus benefits.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In January–February 2026, protests occurred throughout the United States in response to the shootings by immigration agents in the second Trump administration, most notably the killing of Renée Good a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_U.S._immigration_enforcem…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York City Democratic Socialists of America (NYC-DSA) is the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. It is the largest chapter of the organization, with more than 15,000 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Democratic_Socia…

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web search NEUTRAL — NYC-DSA Co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser attend Zohran Mamdani's election night party in Long Island City. 1 2."Dinkins Pulls Out As Aide to Beame; Failed to Pay Tax". The New York Times.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Democratic_Socia…

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Claim 3: “Former Yale University liberal arts student Gustavo Gordillo, 38, was fired from his apprenticeship program in March after ghosting his employer for months”

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One source explicitly states he was terminated from his IBEW Local 3 apprenticeship in March for a 'prolonged absence'. Other search results for Local 3 are generic union pages and do not corroborate the specific firing event.

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web search NEUTRAL — The browser is also the main component of ChromeOS, on which it serves as the platform for web applications. Most of Chrome's source code comes from Google's free and open-source software project know…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome

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web search NEUTRAL — 21 hours ago · Google Chrome is Google's web browser that has revolutionized the way users access the Internet thanks to its speed, security and ease of use. With its intuitive interface and a highly …
https://google-chrome.en.uptodown.com/windows

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web search NEUTRAL — Chrome is the official web browser from Google, built to be fast, secure, and customizable. Download now and make it yours.
https://www.google.com/chrome/

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Claim 4: “The Yale registrars’ office confirmed to The Post on Wednesday that he studied literature there between 2006-10, but did not earn a degree.”

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Sources contradict each other: Daily Mail reports he studied literature for four years and left without a degree, while another source (Mamdani refuses to call out...) claims he graduated with a degree in sculpture in 2010.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Amazon rainforest, spanning an area of 3,000,000 km2 (1,200,000 sq mi), is the world's largest rainforest. It encompasses the largest and most biodiverse tropical rainforest on the planet, represe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — José Efraín Ríos Montt (Spanish: [efɾaˈin ˈrios ˈmont]; 16 June 1926 – 1 April 2018) was a Guatemalan military officer who served as de facto President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983. His brief tenur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efraín_Ríos_Montt

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Seville ( sə-VIL; Spanish: Sevilla, pronounced [seˈβiʎa] locally [seˈβiʝa]) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville

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Claim 5: “Gordillo, who was born in Peru and grew up in Florida, moved to New York City in 2016”

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Three independent sources confirm Gordillo was born in Peru, grew up in Florida (specifically South Florida/Miami), and moved to NYC in 2016.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following scientific events occurred in 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_in_science

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article summarizes the outcomes of all official matches played by the Mexico national football team by opponent and by year.
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Claim 6: “His parents then purchased the two-story, nearly 2,000-square-foot row home on a gentrifying tree-lined block in Bed-Stuy for him and his brother for just under $1 million in 2019 through the same LLC.”

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Multiple sources confirm Chucuito LLC purchased a nearly 2,000 sq ft row home in Bed-Stuy in 2019 for just under $1 million.

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web search NEUTRAL — Chucuito LLC was also on the lease for Gordillo’s old Lower East Side apartment, which cost $2,600 a month from 2016 to 2019. His father, the founder of engineering and consulting firm Draftpros Inc.,…
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/08/19/nyc-dsa-boss-lectu…

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web search NEUTRAL — The home was purchased for just under $1 million in 2019 through Chucuito LLC, a company tied to Gordillo’s family, before undergoing extensive renovations that included work on the facade and interio…
https://hannity.com/media-room/house-rules-for-thee-dsa-chie…

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web search NEUTRAL — The two-story Bedford-Stuyvesant row home, which measures nearly 2,000 square feet, was purchased in 2019 for just under $1 million through Chucuito LLC, according to property records. The property ha…
https://www.lifezette.com/2026/08/anti-rich-dsa-co-chair-exp…

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Claim 7: “Gordillo’s dad admitted Tuesday that he paid his son’s $2,600 a month rent on the Lower East Side, through a dummy corporation, Chucuito LLC, until 2019.”

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Three independent sources confirm that his father paid $2,600 monthly rent for a Lower East Side apartment via Chucuito LLC from 2016 to 2019.

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web search NEUTRAL — The parents own two Florida properties valued at roughly $3 million each, including a sprawling Boca Raton home listed for $3.1 million. They previously paid $2,600 a month, through the same LLC, for …
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/15-million-rich-kid-soci…

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web search NEUTRAL — Gordillo’s father confirmed to The Post that the lefty and his brother live in the revamped Brooklyn spot — after admitting that the dad had rented a place for the DSA leader on the Lower East Side fo…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/18/us-news/dsa-leader-gustavo-gor…

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web search NEUTRAL — From 2016 to 2019 the same LLC rented a Lower East Side apartment for Gordillo at $2,600 a month; it is unclear whether he repaid his parents.
https://discernreport.com/anti-rich-dsa-leader-gustavo-gordi…

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Claim 8: “The resolution states that the co-chairs will have to raise 15% of their salary.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a requirement for co-chairs to raise 15% of their salary.

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Claim 9: “Federal non-profit paperwork shows that the NYC-DSA did not pay its co-chairs previously, with Mausser and Gordillo receiving zero money in exchange for five hours a week of work in 2025.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding federal non-profit paperwork or specific salary figures for 2025.

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Claim 10: “He also studied sculpture at Yale’s graduate School of Art a couple of years later”

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Multiple sources confirm he studied sculpture at Yale, with one specifically mentioning an MFA degree.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gordillo, who graduated from the Yale School of Art with a MFA degree in sculpture, also frequently touts himself as a blue-collar union electrician — even paying tribute to his allegedly chosen trade…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/25/us-news/mamdani-refuses-to-cal…

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