Zohran Mamdani Tenant Branded Homeownership ‘White Supremacy,’ Urged Property Seizures [WATCH]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly appointed tenant advocate is facing renewed scrutiny after resurfaced social media posts showed her calling to “seize private property,” labeling homeownership a “weapon of white supremacy,” and urging the election of communists, as reported by The New York Post.

Cea Weaver, recently named director of the city’s Office to Protect Tenants, made the statements in a series of posts on X that were later deleted but have circulated widely after being rediscovered by online researchers.

NYC Mayor Mamdani’s Tenant Director, Cea Weaver said.

“We’ve treated property as an individualized good and not a collective good, we are transitioning to treating it as a collective good. That will mean that families, especially white families, but some people of color… pic.twitter.com/iGr5i9t5rt

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“Seize private property!” Weaver wrote on June 13, 2018.

She expanded on that view in August 2019, posting what critics have described as a manifesto-style message: “Private property, including any kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership, is a weapon of white supremacy.”

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Weaver also urged supporters to “Elect more communists” in a December 2017 post tied to the renaming of a Harlem street corner honoring former Manhattan Rep. Vito Marcantonio, who was openly affiliated with communist politics.

Her social media history also includes harsh criticism of law enforcement. In May 2020, amid national unrest following the death of George Floyd, Weaver wrote, “The Police Are Just People The State Sanctions To Murder W[ith] Immunity.”

Weaver is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and previously served as a campaign coordinator for Housing Justice For All.

She also acted as an adviser to Mamdani’s mayoral campaign in 2025. The New York Post previously identified her as part of a group of progressive activists closely involved in shaping Mamdani’s policy agenda.

In 2019, Weaver was a leading advocate pushing the Democratic-controlled New York State Legislature to tighten rent stabilization laws, a move that significantly strengthened tenant protections while drawing criticism from property owners.

Humberto Lopes, founder and CEO of the Gotham Housing Alliance, said the approach taken by Mamdani and Weaver ignores the realities of housing development and maintenance.

“Without landlords, how to do you build and maintain housing? You think the government is going to do it? Look at NYCHA,” Lopes said, referring to the New York City Housing Authority.

“You put a system in place to destroy landlords. Why are you s–tting on us?”

Mamdani has proposed freezing rents on roughly one million rent-regulated apartments across the city, a plan that would require approval from the Rent Guidelines Board.

Neither Mamdani’s office nor Weaver provided immediate comment on the resurfaced posts.

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According to Cea Weaver, a top housing advisor for NYC Mayor Mamdani, the idea of owning your home the way people always have is outdated.

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Separately, Mamdani announced Sunday the appointment of Dina Levy as the new commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development, known as HPD.

Levy previously served as senior vice president of single family and community development at the New York State Division of Homes and Community Renewal.

“Levy is an experienced and fearless housing leader, and I know that she will fight to protect tenants and tackle our housing crisis head-on,” Mamdani said at a press conference in The Bronx.

Mamdani also signed an executive order establishing “Rental Ripoff” hearings across all five boroughs within his first 100 days in office.

The order directs HPD, the Department of Buildings, the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to conduct hearings alongside the new Office of Mass Engagement.

“Too many New Yorkers have been forced to pay more for less — living in unsafe, unconscionable, and unaffordable housing,” Mamdani said. “Under my administration, that ends.

Today’s executive order is the first step towards giving New Yorkers a voice in addressing the housing crisis that is pricing them out of our city.”

Levy said her background as a tenant advocate prepared her for the role. “I do know the work ahead will be hard,” she said.

HPD is responsible for enforcing the city’s housing maintenance code, including safety inspections, housing court cases against landlords, and overseeing emergency repairs.

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