July 19, 2026

Mamdani Watch

In the person of Zohran Mamdani, New York City is now captured by the Marxist-Islamist faction. The now-serving Mayor of New York has begun his tenure by appointing a Marxist, a self-appointed Democratic Socialist, to head the city’s Housing Department. Cea Weaver appears set to test the bounds of state authority over Federal authority, especially when it comes to how she is pledging to treat NY’s privately-owned housing.

The appointment is particularly concerning because Mamdani has pledged to freeze rents, expand the power of enforcement hearings, and bring in communist activists as bureaucrats to use lawfare to seize private property and convert it to communist property. Expect a report on Mamdani soon.

Blurb:

“SEIZE PRIVATE PROPERTY!”: Mamdani Appoints Communist Radical to Run Housing, Blasted Homeownership As ‘White Supremacy’ – gellerreport.com

If the goal was to euthanize New York real estate, Zohran Mamdani couldn’t have executed it more efficiently. His newly appointed tenant advocate, Cea Weaver, has a documented record of calling to “seize private property,” denouncing homeownership as a “weapon of white supremacy,” and urging voters to “elect more communists.” These are not fringe comments—they are the ideology now embedded inside City Hall. Weaver, a Democratic Socialists of America activist and longtime Mamdani adviser, has openly attacked landlords, law enforcement, and the concept of private property itself, while helping push some of the most punitive rent laws in the city’s history. Pair that with Mamdani’s plan to freeze rents on one million apartments, expand enforcement hearings, and empower activist bureaucracies, and the message to investors, homeowners, and developers is unmistakable: get out. With City Hall openly hostile to ownership and capital, the only rational question left is not what to buy in NYC—but who, in their right mind, would buy here now?

Blurb:

Zohran Mamdani’s reign has begun, and that means promoting his socialist wants.

It also means trashing the idea of private property ownership, something he recently did when he visited a dilapidated, rent-controlled apartment building.


To be sure, that building was disgusting. I certainly wouldn’t want to live there, but there are consequences to placing price controls and mountains of regulations on landlords. Namely, it drains margins and makes it prohibitive to spend money on upkeep. There are also broader consequences when left-wing governance produces a city that is grossly unaffordable to live in, leaving the poorest with no choice but to reside in such abhorrent conditions, and property owners unable to provide anything better without going bankrupt.

Mamdani’s point was simple: Private landlords are evil and government-backed “affordable” housing is the way to go.

Blurb:

The Zohran is now the mayor of New York City, and one of his first matters of business was appointing a Communist who wants to seize private property as his, quote, director of the city’s Office to Protect Tenants. Meet Cea Weaver. She says private property should be part of the warm glow of collectivism as opposed to the rugged individualism of being allowed to own your own home, especially if you’re one of them white people.

It will mean families – especially WHITE FAMILIES – are going to have a different relationship to property than the one we currently have.

The streets are saying this clip is from a November 2022 podcast called “Cities After…,” and I know what you’re thinking. “Hey Brodigan, an adult in public policy can’t be expected to be held accountable for the words that came out of her mouth prior to five minutes ago. Also, I get all my news from CNN and have trouble tying my own shoes.”

In that case, you probably won’t be interested in these nuggets from her now deleted X account:

  • 2018: “Seize private property!”
  • 2019: “Private property including any kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy.”
  • 2017: “Elect more communists.”

Blurb:

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) pledged to govern the Big Apple as a Democratic Socialist during his inauguration speech and declared he would revive “the era of big government.”

After taking the official oath of office with his left hand on a Quran at City Hall early Thursday morning, the newly minted 34-year-old mayor took a ceremonial oath of office from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the afternoon.

Mamdani vowed to hold to the radical views he pushed during his campaign against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

“We will transform the culture of City Hall from one of no to one of how. We will answer to all New Yorkers, not to any billionaire or oligarch who thinks they can buy our democracy,” he said. “We will govern without shame and insecurity, making no apology for what we believe.”

“I was elected as a Democratic Socialist, and I will govern as a Democratic Socialist,” he added.

Blurb:

At least one House Democrat broke ranks to praise President Donald Trump after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro in a surprise overnight operation.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., hailed Maduro’s removal as overdue justice for Venezuelans who fled his regime, while warning that the mission must lead to lasting change.

“The capture of the brutal, illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, who oppressed Venezuela’s people is welcome news for my friends and neighbors who fled his violent, lawless, and disastrous rule. However, cutting off the head of a snake is fruitless if it just regrows,” Wasserman Schultz wrote on X.