On Tuesday’s “The View,” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani grilled Cea Weaver, whom he appointed as director of the Mayor’s Office of Tenant Protection, and other appointees over past statements.
“Some appointees have been criticized for past social media posts, which often happens when a new administration takes office,” said co-host Alyssa Farrah Griffin. “Your new chief equity officer made several now-deleted comments disparaging liberal white women. Your tenant advocate tweeted that homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy and called for the election of more Communists, among other things. What message do you think this sends to New Yorkers, and how would you fight back?”
New Yorkers will find his perspective in his own words, Mamdani said.
“I would say if you want to know my views or my opinions, you’ll find them in my words as mayor of New York City, someone who is committed to making this city more affordable for every New Yorker. That includes those who are renters, those who are homeowners and those who aspire to be homeowners,” he said.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives at the Queens subway station on her way to New York City Hall on January 2, 2026.
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Mamdani then explained what the Office for the Protection of Tenants has done so far.
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“The Mayor’s Office of Tenant Protection is the executive director that we hired 20 days ago. In those 20 days, we’ve had a landlord with more violations than I can count, and we’ve gotten $30 million in guaranteed repairs for thousands of violations, and sometimes when politicians tell you that, it sounds intangible. It sounds like statistics and statistics that you’ll never feel and know,” he said.
Weaver, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has drawn widespread attention for several statements she posted on social media.
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A screenshot of the Aug. 21, 2019 post shows Weaver writing: “Private property, especially homeownership, is a weapon of white supremacy disguised as ‘wealth-building’ public policy.”
In the Dec. 18, 2017 post, Weaver also called for “the election of more Communists.”
Weaver said in a DSA video released in March 2021, “I think the reality is that for centuries we have really viewed property as individual items rather than collective items.”
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She continued, “Seeing it as a collective good, moving to a shared equity model, requires us to think about it differently.”
Mamdani also said in an interview with “The View” that he supports abolishing ICE.
Original source of the article: Mamdani confronts appointee on ‘The View’, calls homeownership ‘weapon of white supremacy’
