Mamdani Backs Housing Appointee As Past Social-Media Posts Resurface

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In one of his first official acts as mayor, Zohran Mamdani announced that he was reviving the Office to Protect Tenants and appointed Cea Weaver, a prominent tenants-rights advocate and member of his transition team as its new director.

But Weaver has come under fire in recent days after years-old social-media posts resurfaced, including a tweet in which the longtime tenants organizer called homeownership a “weapon of white supremacy.”

On Sunday...