Mamdani sides with tenants as New York landlords get crushed by rigged housing laws
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces criticism for appointing Cara Weaver, who calls homeownership 'white supremacy,' to lead tenant protection office.
Howard Husock is the author of "The Projects: A New History of Public Housing" (NYU Press, 2025) and of "The Poor Side of Town: And Why We Need It" (Encounter Books). He is a senior fellow in domestic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He served on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from 2013-17.
The city’s existing landlord-tenant laws are, in fact, so stacked against those foolish enough to own rental property—or stuck with it—that what Gotham really needs is an Office of Landlord Protection.
"New York has the most tenant protections of any state," says Ann Korchak of the Small Property Owners of New York. One could reasonably say its laws are the most extreme in the country.
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