New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing renewed scrutiny over his appointment of a radical tenant activist after resurfaced video footage showed his pick openly describing rent control as a tool to undermine the free housing market and push toward what she called “full social housing.”
As The New York Post reported, Cea Weaver, 37, whom Mamdani recently tapped to serve as director of the city’s Office to Protect Tenants, is seen in the resurfaced clip describing rent control as a deliberate strategy to weaken the real estate industry.
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