Overview
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani reaffirmed Cea Weaver as director of the revived Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, citing her tenant-organizing record and telling reporters the city is already seeing results from her work.
- Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said federal officials are on high alert over New York City’s housing agenda, warning the city is “on notice” and that DOJ will act to protect residents’ civil rights.
- Resurfaced posts and video show Weaver urging to “seize private property,” calling homeownership “a weapon of white supremacy,” and advocating a shift toward treating property as a collective good.
- The new administration has launched renter listening sessions branded as “Rental Ripoff” hearings, reactivated the tenant office, created task forces to free up sites and cut permitting barriers, and appointed Dina Levy to lead HPD.
- Property-owner groups and former Mayor Eric Adams condemned Weaver’s views, while reporting highlights her prior writings proposing public acquisition of housing as landlords exit, a direction critics say could face legal and market hurdles.