A newly resurfaced video clip exposes what should be a shocking moment of candor from New York’s freshly inaugurated mayor. In the footage, Zohran Mamdani is seen openly nodding as his newly appointed tenant director lays out a plan to actively depress the value of housing, and Mamdani even admits, “I get most of my knowledge on housing from Cea,” a line that shows whose radical ideas are guiding his administration.
That same hand-picked aide, Cea Weaver, was quietly elevated to director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants on January 1, 2026 — an office Mamdani immediately empowered with sweeping new executive orders aimed at reshaping housing policy in the city. Choosing a director with this track record was not an accidental hire; it was a deliberate embrace of an ideological agenda that threatens private property and the American dream of homeownership.
In the clip that has gone viral among concerned New Yorkers, Weaver bluntly explained that “our goal is to have the housing actually be worth less,” arguing that rent controls and similar policies should be used to strip speculative value from real estate — not to improve supply or incentivize investment. Mamdani’s warm reception of that idea should alarm every homeowner and anyone who believes markets and property rights matter for prosperity.
This is not harmless rhetoric. Weaver’s record includes social media posts and public statements that labeled homeownership a “weapon of white supremacy,” urged seizure of private property, and suggested treating housing as a collective good rather than a personal asset. Those are explicitly anti-foundational ideas that attack the very institutions that allow ordinary families to build wealth and stability.
Federal officials and mainstream commentators have taken notice, and they’re not speaking in whispers. The Department of Justice’s civil-rights arm signaled it was watching, and major press outlets and editorial boards have flagged the legal and societal risks of an administration that seems comfortable with rhetoric about devaluing property. This isn’t about nuance; it’s about an ideological program that could upend property rights in America’s largest city.
Patriotic New Yorkers should demand answers and accountability right now — from the City Council, from state authorities, and from any official who believes in protecting families’ ability to own a home. If left unchecked, this experiment in ideological housing policy will punish the middle class, chase away investment, and turn neighborhoods into wards of the state. Americans who value freedom and property must speak up before the radical remaking of housing becomes an irreversible reality.
