Overview
- Afua Atta-Mensah, appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani as chief equity officer on Jan. 15, had a personal X account that was deactivated within about a week of her selection.
- Archived posts highlighted by the New York Young Republicans Club include comments disparaging white liberal women and a 2021 reply saying, “Tax Them To The White Meat!!!”
- Mamdani praised Atta-Mensah upon her appointment, saying he trusts her to advance racial equity in City Hall.
- The mayor’s office told the New York Post it did not direct appointees to delete social-media accounts.
- The revelations follow scrutiny of another appointee, tenant advocate Cea Weaver, over past tweets about seizing private property and criticizing homeownership and policing.