Posted on 01/06/2026 2:03:24 PM PST by grundle
In one of his first actions as mayor, Zohran Mamdani relaunched the Office to Protect Tenants and appointed Cea Weaver as its director. Weaver, a fellow member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has claimed homeownership is a “weapon of white supremacy” and clamored to “seize private property!”
How Weaver plans to navigate the little problem of constitutionally protected property rights is left unclear. But in the words of the mayor on election night, “there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.” It’s sad but unsurprising Weaver has taken a place in Mamdani’s administration, years after she was reportedly passed over for a spot on the City Planning Commission because of opposition on the city council. “Guess it’s easier to name a communist to a position that doesn’t require confirmation,” said New York State Assembly member Kalman Yeger (D).
Mamdani was elected in November to tackle affordability, but his opening moves suggest the housing crisis will worsen under his leadership as he works to expand rent controls and prioritizes socialist platitudes over serious housing policy. A news conference on his first full day in power, when he announced Weaver’s appointment, was held outside 85 Clarkson Avenue: a rent-stabilized apartment building in Brooklyn whose owner, the Pinnacle Group, is currently involved in a bankruptcy case.
Having toured the apartments, Mamdani witnessed for himself the eroding pipes, busted floorboards and poor maintenance – all common consequences of rent controls wherever they are tried. As we have repeatedly warned, capping what landlords can charge tenants, especially below market rate, leads to unlivable accommodations and a broader rise in average rent costs. It does not lead to cheaper, nicer rental options.
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Of course she does, ALL commies want to seize private property “For the greater good” but notice they dont want anyone seizing THEIR private property..just like with Bernie, he screams about having a house is a RIGHT, Ok fine, so he should give up 3 out of his 4 homes but he wont
The Federal government will need to step in to stop this BS. NY sure won’t.
They can’t sieze private property... The oath of office for the mayor:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of New York, and the laws of the City of New York; that I will honestly and faithfully perform the duties of the office of Mayor of the City of New York, and that I will do my best to promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of the City of New York.”
Laws of New York and NYC can not trump the Constitution. State and local laws cannot override the Constitution; the Supremacy Clause establishes that the Constitution and federal laws made under it are the supreme law of the land. This means that if there is a conflict, federal law takes precedence over state or local laws.
Eminent domain doesn’t work because it’s not siezing private property for public use.
> Mamdani’s new tenant advocate wants to seize private property <
Actually that would be pretty easy. Make owning private property cost-prohibitive. Raise property taxes. Pile on all sorts of ordinances and regulations.
The trick would be to start with the low-hanging fruit first. Target “slum landlords”. Then move on to any landlords. Most people don’t like those folks, anyway.
Would Mamdani give that a try?
You betcha.
Commies do what commies do.
What’s next? Will Willie Mandela’s daughters be hired to manage the used tire market?
For those of you in Rio Linda, Winnie loved necklaces. Especially tire necklaces with gasoline.
Every good Commie has neighborhood committees on each city block, making sure everyone “gets served.” The “servings” could be reparations, or the lovely, burning necklaces.
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Go for it! That is what the people want.
Let’s hope there is heat in the buildings we’re forced into. Sleeping next to 25 people on wall to wall mattresses on the floor is bad enough without rationed energy efficient heat. Maybe burn some American history books in the fireplace.
While Mamdani and other elites are on silk sheets in mansions.
Mamdani: Oath, shmoath, I am the Mayor. You are my peasants.
Soon: Voting for the inspirational dreamer Mamdani seemed like a good idea at the time.
Now my back and feet hurt from these long lines waiting for potatoes and rutabaga.
Just wait until this insanity spreads Upstate. I also want this entitled twerp (she grew up in a MANSION in Rochester) to try and seize the Central Park Tower.
Don't bet on it. Take away someones building - let's say Trump Tower - and evict everyone so you can convert it into affordable public housing units. and - ta da - the seizure is for public purposes.
Civil asset seizure has gone on for decades and that's about the ultimate in sketchiness when it comes to government taking whatever they want whenever the want on the thinnest of pretexts.
They want it to end up in the hands of muslims
True that!
BUT, he is a Moslem, and he took his oath on a book that ENCOURAGES Moslems to LIE when they need MUST, TO ADVANCE THEIR CAUSE!
Good luck, New Yorkers!
You are going to need A LOT OF IT!
Make NYC Uganda Again
Mom of Zohran Mamdani aide who said owning a home fuels ‘white supremacy’ has $1.6M house in Tennessee
Oh good, seize properties in Malibu or the Hollywood Hills or Los Altos Hills or Palo Alto or White Plains because I can’t afford to live in those places but want to. I have a right to live in those places.
If you sieze it for public purposes for housing purposes then I can go in anyone’s public housing unit anytime I want because it’s for public use. The person(s) living in it have no more right to be there than me.
I personally could give a shxt about NYC or any city for that matter Red or Blue. Cities suck, always have and always will.
HER MAMA’S HOUSE===$1.4MILLION
THE KELO DECISION GONE RAMPANT
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