Following his inauguration Thursday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued an executive order to revitalize the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants and announced a series of upcoming public hearings for renters across the city to air their grievances.
Housing was the first item on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s checklist after he was sworn into office Thursday.
Standing in the lobby of a Brooklyn apartment building—where residents have been organizing for the city to intervene on their behalf, after their violation-riddled homes went up for bankruptcy auction—the new mayor pledged “to champion the cause of tenants too long ignored and homes too expensive.”
“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.”…