Posted on 01/04/2026 9:50:15 PM PST by SeekAndFind
New York Councilwoman Vickie Paladino is sounding the alarm about a line in Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inaugural speech. There was a lot in Mamdani's remarks to parse, including his assertion that New York will move toward the "warmth of collectivism" rather than "rugged individualism." As many pointed out, collectivism has a pretty high body count.
But socialists like Mamdani don't care. They'll do whatever it takes, and stack as many bodies as necessary, to achieve their utopia. Mamdani made a boatload of promises in his address, including free universal childcare, free buses, and a $30 minimum wage.
There was also another line in his speech that got the attention of New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino.
Mamdani sent a warning to landlords and told New York renters, "If your landlord does not responsibly steward your home, city government will step in."
It's not the renters' home. It's the landlord's home. He owns that property and allows the tenants to live there for a charge.
Mamdani, however, is an anti-property-ownership socialist. As this writer noted back in September, Mamdani once posted on X, "People often ask what socialists mean when we say we want to 'decommodify' housing. Basically, we want to move away from a situation where most people access housing by purchasing it on the market and towards a situation where the state guarantees high-quality housing to all."
Have you ever seen government-run housing that was "high-quality"? This writer used to do home hospice visit, including to city-owned apartment buildings. They were run down, filthy, and often infested with rats, cockroaches, or bedbugs. There was nothing "high-quality" about them.
Mamdani's housing advisor shares anti-ownership views. Cea Weaver wrote several things about her views on X, including saying, "Private property including and kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy masquerading as 'wealth building public policy."
She also called home ownership "racist" and a "failed public policy" while calling for the impoverishment of the white middle class.
With all that in mind, Paladino is pointing out Mamdani's line about landlords being good stewards is just a way to justify the seizure of private property and the abolition of landlords.
What he means is that pretty much every tenant complaint will move rapidly into property seizure. Look for DSA activists to begin agitating tenants to file frivolous complaints just to instigate seizures.
This is straight up tyranny. Best be prepared for what comes next, because it will get ugly fast.If you’re a small landlord that rents an apartment in your own home I strongly suggest you notify your tenants that you will no longer be renting, because Mamdani WILL take your home.
And renters — get ready for rents to SKYROCKET to mitigate these risks to the landlords to choose to remain in the market.
https://t.co/Z2HdFUPCIN— Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) January 3, 2026
"What he means is that pretty much every tenant complaint will move rapidly into property seizure. Look for DSA activists to begin agitating tenants to file frivolous complaints just to instigate seizures," Paladino wrote on X.
"This is straight up tyranny. Best be prepared for what comes next, because it will get ugly fast.If you’re a small landlord that rents an apartment in your own home I strongly suggest you notify your tenants that you will no longer be renting, because Mamdani WILL take your home," she added. "And renters — get ready for rents to SKYROCKET to mitigate these risks to the landlords to choose to remain in the market."
Paladino also recently blasted the government for its policy allowing non-profits and the government to have first crack at buying certain multi-family homes. The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) will allow a first-look, or "right to match" process for certain multifamily building sales, giving qualified nonprofit entities an early opportunity to purchase before (or alongside) the open market, and Paladino said, "The idea that we have to consult with the building department and give six months for someone else to make an offer is absolutely outrageous. And to say it's government overreach is 100% true. This is absolutely maniacal."
We would not be surprised at all if DSA activists did start doing just that, and if Mamdani moves to outlaw rent hikes across the board.
New York is going to learn the hard way that socialism isn't about "treating people fairly," as the media spun it. It's about totalitarian government crushing everything you love.
The well kno n unsaid dirty secret is all socialists know and are perfectly fine with the fact, they know creating socialism requires a high body count. Its part of creating it, getting rid of people against it, or people who would be useless eaters and not be good “workers”.
All socialists know and are fine with purges, because they all believe its necessary, to get rid of enemies, anyone considered a threat, and anyone who would consume far more than they would produce. They never admit this in public this bluntly, but they do sometimes refer to it in more subtle, oblique comments.
The “warmth of collectivism” will smell like old piss in a NY City public-housing elevator.
😂😂😂😂👍
In Colorado the violent gangs took over control of “a few” apartment complexes. They demanded and got monthly protection money from each renter.
They then invaded one apartment and made a special example of one man, cutting off one of his fingers as a lesson to others to stay in line.
When the NYC apartment landlords get threatened and dumped on by Mamdani’s goons, here is what they will courageously do:
Write a letter to the NY Times. Strongly worded.
This isn’t “socialism.”
It’s full-bore communism run by a nutjob muzzie jihadist.
Wow! If there had only been a way to know what he would do if elected....
bkmk
Hey, New Yorkers voted for this, so let them stew in the juices. I really don’t have much sympathy when people complain about something that they, themselves, voted for, in spite of being warned at every turn that this is exactly how it would turn out.
“There is no actual starvation, or deaths from starvation…[T]o put it brutally, you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.” -This quote is commonly misattributed to Stalin, but it actually belongs to Stalin sympathizer Walter Duranty of The New York Times, who uttered these words in March 1933, at the height of the Ukrainian Holodomor, a manmade famine that killed millions.
Worst landlord in NYC is NYC government and its public housing.
For NYC government-run public housing specifically, managed by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), detailed records are now publicly accessible online. Key Details on NYC Public Housing Violations
Open Work Orders: As of August of a recent year, NYCHA had more than 614,000 open work orders, which are reports of needed repairs that may result in violations if not addressed.
- Uncle Joe Stalin
Well now. Walter Duranty said it? Thanks for the correction, I consider myself edified.
Mamdani, Weaver, and their ilk don’t have the slightest clue how wealth is created. They use the Donald Duck rich Uncle Scrooge model. Uncle scrooge is so rich that he has to spend his time in his warehouse full of gold coins piling up the gold with a bulldozer to make room for the next truckload of gold to be delivered. Using this model, the gold simply needs to be distributed to all, which will make everyone rich.
This flies in the face of reality. Wealth is created only when the value of labor and materials making something exceeds the cost of making it. Often a family breadwinner will sacrifice his or her own wealth to provide for his or her family. It’s rarely ever sacrificed for some lazy slob. Under Socialism, there are far more lazy slobs than there are breadwinners. Everyone but the elite cronies get only a small pittance, and rat infested apartments.
Mamdani made a boatload of promises as back ground music played Bringing In The Sheep.
“In Colorado the violent gangs took over control of “a few” apartment complexes.”
And Governor Polis denied they were here.
“rat infested apartments”
The animal rights activists should be thrilled—NYC will make a wonderful home for the growing rat and cockroach population!
RE: I don’t get it. Was everyone in NYC asleep at the wheel?
Well last November 2025, 43% of registered NYC voters went to the polls and voted. You tell me if that’s a significant number. That means 57% were apathetic and didn’t bother to show up.
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