Overview
- Cea Weaver, a longtime tenant organizer now leading the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, said she regrets some past statements after posts comparing homeownership to white supremacy resurfaced.
- Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon told the city the Justice Department will not tolerate discrimination based on skin color and said her division is paying very close attention.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he is standing by Weaver to build on her tenant-protection work, as his team advances plans for “Rental Ripoff” hearings and tougher enforcement against negligent landlords.
- The resurfaced material includes calls to “seize private property” and to “impoverish the white middle class,” drawing criticism from Eric Adams and the Washington Post editorial board, according to recent reports.
- Real-estate figures warn the hearings could pressure landlords, though some note Weaver’s authority is limited to tenant protection, and the administration says Weaver was vetted before her appointment.