"Private property including and kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy masquerading as 'wealth building' public policy,"
"For centuries, we've really treated property as an individualized good and not a collective good. In transitioning to treating it as a collective good and toward a model of shared equity will require that we think about it differently,"
"And it will mean that families, especially white families but some POC families who are homeowners as well, are going to have a different relationship to property than we currently have."
"She is outranked by moderate Mamdani aides. Her job is limited to tenant protection - preventing evictions and pushing building owners to fix violations. She has no funding or authority to seize buildings."
Zohran Mamdani appointed Cea Weaver as director of the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants on his first day in office. Old social media posts and a video resurfaced in which Weaver called private property and homeownership a weapon of white supremacy and advocated treating property as a collective good with shared equity. Conservative accounts shared screenshots and clips of the posts. Weaver previously led Housing Justice for All and the New York State Tenant Bloc. Real estate figures said many already knew her views but noted her role is limited to tenant protection and lacks authority to seize buildings.
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