New York Magazine Put Mamdani’s Team on Its Cover. One Aide Was Erased.

Catherine Almonte Da Costa was part of a photo shoot on the mayor-elect’s inner circle. The next day she resigned amid an uproar over antisemitic statements she had posted on social media years earlier.The latest cover of New York magazine includes a group portrait of Zohran Mamdani and his inner circle. Catherine Almonte Da Costa had stood in the space where the “W” in the magazine logo can now be seen.