Overview
- The mayor signed an executive order Sunday directing the newly created Office of Mass Engagement and city agencies to hold hearings in all five boroughs within his first 100 days.
- Residents will be invited to detail unsafe conditions, hidden fees, and abusive landlord practices during sessions in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.
- The Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the Department of Buildings, and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection will coordinate the hearings alongside Mass Engagement.
- City officials said findings will be compiled into a public summary within 90 days of the final hearing to inform policy changes and enforcement priorities.
- The order also directs agencies to prioritize actions against landlords who violate housing and consumer protection laws and to improve coordination to speed repairs, and Mamdani named Dina Levy as HPD commissioner.