City in Uproar — New Yorkers RAGE After Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s First Order

The first order reestablishes the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, which “will serve as a central coordinating body to defend tenants’ rights, stand up to landlords, and ensure city agencies act swiftly on behalf of renters facing unsafe or illegal conditions,” the mayor’s office said.

The mayor said, “We will not compromise on housing quality.”

The mayor appointed Cea Weaver to lead the Office to Protect Tenants. Weaver played a key role in the passage of New York’s 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act, a sweeping tenant-protection law, according to CBS News.

“You cannot hold landlords who violate the law to account unless you have a proven, principled and tireless fighter at the helm. That is why I am proud today to announce my friend Cea Weaver as the director of the newly reinvigorated Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants,” Mamdani said.

His second order creates the Land Inventory Fast Track (LIFT) Task Force, which his administration said “will review city-owned properties and identify sites suitable for housing development no later than July 1, 2026.”

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