Inner sickle Meet Mamdani’s newly named chief of staff — the secretive DSA operative who helped craft his lefty platform

Carl Campanile,Hannah Fierick, Matthew Fischetti, Matt Troutman / NEW YORK POST

 She’s the power behind the red curtain.

Zohran Mamdani’s secretive newly named chief of staff Elle Bisgaard-Church is a Democratic Socialists of America true believer who convinced the far-left group to back him for mayor and helped craft his “Department of Community Safety,” insiders said.

The two 34-year-olds forged similar paths to the heights of New York City political power — cutting their teeth in antiwar and pro-Palestinian college campus activism and toiling in lefty nonprofits before making the leap into state government.

“Few have played a more central role in this movement, or in every victory we have achieved together in the Assembly, than Elle,” Mamdani gushed Monday, with Bisgaard-Church standing serenely by his side as he announced her elevation to City Hall chief of staff.

An Ivy League grad from California, Bisgaard-Church’s path with Mamdani intertwined when she became chief of staff for his state Assembly office upon his election in 2020. Read more and see videos here.