""On the day where so many rent payments are due, we will not wait to deliver action," said Mamdani, speaking on Jan 1. "And we will stand up on behalf of the tenants of this city." It was a fitting first-day press conference for the new mayor, who campaigned for the last year on a promise to freeze rents for tenants in the city's roughly 1 million rent stabilized apartments."
"Revamping the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants The new mayor signed an executive order to "revive" the office, which was launched by former Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2019 but was largely dormant during Mayor Eric Adams' administration, according to reporting from the Real Deal. Under his administration, the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants will serve as a coordinating body to defend tenants rights and ensure habitable building conditions, Mamdani said. He appointed tenant organizer Cea Weaver to lead the office."
Housing was the first priority for Mayor Zohran Mamdani after his inauguration. He issued an executive order to revive the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants and announced a series of public hearings for renters across the city. The office will coordinate defenses of tenant rights and work to ensure habitable building conditions. Mamdani appointed tenant organizer Cea Weaver to lead the office; Weaver emphasized that 70 percent of New Yorkers are renters and that affordability begins with rent. Mamdani pledged immediate action on due rent payments and campaigned on freezing rents for rent-stabilized units.
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