From the New York Times piece titled, “Zohran Mamdani’s Inner Circle,” this image in conjunction with the article illustrate the notion that a group goes through phases beginning with formation and ending with termination. For context, this piece was published in August 2025, before Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election. While this image is intended to inform a reader about the people Mamdani surrounds himself with, I focus on the portion of the image which features the individuals making up Mamdani’s campaign staff, who comprise a group with the typical stage developments of a group beginning with forming and ending with terminating.

For this example, I focus on forming and terminating because these two phases occur most publicly for this group specifically. The staff comprising Zohran Mamdani’s campaign team formed a group with the goal of accomplishing the mayoral election in Mamdani’s favor and the group reached the termination phase when the mayoral election took place. Although the group secured Mamdani’s win and accomplished their goal, the group reached termination phase once the election began because by then they had reached their deadline.

As a voter, I clearly remember that Zohran Mamdani’s campaign team capitalized on every second at their disposal up until the polls closed on Election Day, showing how dedicated the campaign team was to accomplishing their shared goal.

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