Two NYC socialist leaders caught living capitalist dream

Two NYC Democratic Socialists of America leaders have been caught living the ultimate capitalist dream, with one quietly collecting millions in real estate flips and another nesting in a sleek $500,000 Brooklyn apartment, The Post has learned.Labor Coordinator Olivia Gonzalez Killingsworth sold a luxe Upper West Side triplex in a brownstone building for $2.4 million on Sept.12, 2022, according to public records.The “huge, versatile” two-bedroom, three-bathroom triplex just a block away from Central Park boasts sweeping 10-foot-high ceilings overlooking a fireplace, marble shower stalls, bay windows with a view of the gorgeous Callery Pear blossoms that line the street.“Once again we’re finding out why DSA actually stands for Daddy’s Savings Account.
Selling a multimillion-dollar Manhattan Triplex to go play pretend bohemian with your rich comrades in Brooklyn is a luxury working-class New Yorkers will never have,” said NYC Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R-Queens).Killingsworth, who runs her own bookkeeping business and is also an actor and singer, according to her website, was elected labor coordinator in 2025.She inherited the triplex from her aunt Elizabeth who died in 2018 and used the profits from the sale on a half-million-dollar one-bedroom pad in Brooklyn, according to Healthbeat and public records.The lefty actor purchased the apartment for $521,000 on Sept.
14, 2022 — just two days after selling the triplex with her relatives.Also plotting to seize the means of production from the comfort of her fully owned one-bedroom apartment is DSA Steering Committee chair Julie Swoope, who has a half-million-dollar pad in Brooklyn.The $510,000 one-bedroom co-op located blocks away from Prospect Park boasts of high ceilings, skyline views and great closet space, per its Streeteasy profile.It was purchased in 2021, according to public records.Swoope’s mother, Gail Cunningham Swoope, was an artist who traveled for three years on her “live-aboard sailbo...