A Q&A With Cea Weaver, New York Tenants’ New Woman on the Inside A conversation with the Zohran Mamdani-appointee on why she’s “very, very interested” in bringing collectively-bargained leases and renter-owned housing to New York City

A conversation with @ceaweaver.bsky.social, the Zohran Mamdani-appointee on why she’s “very, very interested” in bringing collectively-bargained leases and renter-owned housing to New York City

New York City Landlord Wants You Out? There Had Better Be ‘Good Cause.’ Renters are feeling emboldened by a new law that can help them hang onto their homes and fight bank-breaking rent increases during lease renewals.

“I think [good cause eviction] has actually made me more excited about living in New York.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/n...

What New York Tenants Are Building Beyond the Courtroom Tenants across buildings owned by Pinnacle Group are testing whether collective power can force new arrangements with landlords and the city government under a new pro-tenant mayor, Zohran Mamdani.

I sat in on a Union of Pinnacle Tenants town hall this weekend where @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, @ceaweaver.bsky.social, and some 300 tenants talked organizing after a judge rejected their efforts to pause the sale of 93 Pinnacle Group apartment buildings to Summit Properties, another mega-landlord

Zohran Won by Running for the Tenant Majority | Common Dreams This election was a fight between tenants versus landlords, and we have won the first battle. We still need to organize to win the general, and beyond that, tenant-focused policies.​

We need people in City Hall who know that we—not the real estate industry, not the landlords—put them there, says @ceaweaver.bsky.social of @tenantbloc.bsky.social: www.commondreams.org/opinion/zohr...

N.Y.C. Rent Board Approves 3% Increase, Rejecting Calls for Freeze

“We outnumber them, and we have already shown we can out-organize them,” @ceaweaver.bsky.social said. “Come November, we will elect Zohran Mamdani and win the rent freeze tenants so desperately need.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/n...

Just arrived home from the endorsement meeting, and these are my thoughts:

@socialists.nyc is the only organization capable of producing a candidate like Zohran.

@nywfp.bsky.social is the only organization capable of cohering the organized Left.

I'm very proud of both of my orgs.

Let's win this.

God hates Andrew Cuomo

Should you get a smaller rent increase under Good Cause? A new tool helps you figure it out Find out if you're entitled to a lower rent hike.

A new way to figure out if you're entitled to a lower rent increase this year just dropped.

I spoke with @ceaweaver.bsky.social about this Good Cause Eviction caclculator from Housing Justice for All and JustFix last week.

Very proud of this also

I am so proud to receive the endorsement of the @tenantbloc.bsky.social.

With the power of our city's tenant majority, we're going to freeze the rent and win a city we can afford.

Every New Yorker deserves a safe, healthy and affordable place to call home. Winning that city is at the center of this campaign.

It was a privilege to sit down with @tenantbloc.bsky.social organizers last month to talk about our vision for renters.

A new fun thing I do is count how many @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for mayor signs I see in houses and delis when I go out on a walk. It’s always a lot

Tenants on the March: An Interview With Cea Weaver - Dissent Magazine “Organizing tenants has the potential to shape the political landscape for decades to come.”

“Organizing tenants has the potential to shape the political landscape for decades to come.”

From our winter issue, now unpaywalled: @andrewelrod.bsky.social interviews @ceaweaver.bsky.social.

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/tena...

If you haven’t signed the petition yet - join us! Hj4a.org/rentfreeze

We're out ALL OVER today talking to rent stabilized voters and reminding them that the Mayor controls the rents! We need ALL MAYORAL CANDIDATES to commit to a rent freeze!

There are 2.4 million rent stabilized tenants -- we make New York New York, and we deserve to stay.

Folks, we've got tables.

Sign up for any of four locations in BK and Queens, Saturday mornings thru March, to spread the word about a new kind of housing: housethefuture.com/tabling

There are lots of things the mayor CANT do on housing, but freezing the rent is one of the only things they can unilaterally do for 2.4 million New York renters. Policy plans are great, so is a rent freeze

New York City Landlord Wants You Out? There Had Better Be ‘Good Cause.’ Renters are feeling emboldened by a new law that can help them hang onto their homes and fight bank-breaking rent increases during lease renewals.

“I think [good cause eviction] has actually made me more excited about living in New York.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/n...

Donate to Support June and Kane After Eviction, organized by Andrew Hiller Our beloved comrades June and Kane were abruptly evicted from their home of many ye… Andrew Hiller needs your support for Support June and Kane After Eviction

June is an incredible housing organizer facing a sudden eviction. Please support if you can

gofund.me/08d622ea

Photo of hundreds of canvassers about to knock on doors in front of the Brooklyn public library

Amazing turnout of canvassers on a cold winter’s day for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaign for Mayor ❤️ 🔥

We endorse!

✅ free buses
✅ rent freeze
✅ no cost child care

Zohran for NYC Mayor's field launch (Jan 25, 2025) YouTube video by Bright D Limm

As someone who's been doing electoral work since 2008, I can tell you that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's mayoral field game is the best I've seen yet, including even John Liu 2013.

The Left must be ready to rank several candidates, but Zohran is most definitely a contender.
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My fave thing is seeing hj4a merch on strangers out in the wild

Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor As HUD secretary, Scott Turner would oversee billions in housing aid, but as a Texas state legislator he voted against protections for poor tenants and has called government assistance “one of the mos...

“It just doesn’t seem to me like this is someone who is at all aligned with what the values of that agency should be,” said @ceaweaver.bsky.social @housingjustice4all.bsky.social.

“It’s a deregulatory agenda, and it’s an anti-poor people agenda.”

We Can’t Talk to People That Way If we can’t even communicate what an authoritarian is, how do we stop one from taking power?

“Describing people as poor, vulnerable, struggling, low-income, or in search of dignity may not square with their perception of themselves and their situation.” convergencemag.com/articles/we-...

Mitchell lama look alike contest

Got 6 or 8 group chats plotting out the best approach to timothee chalamet rn

Tune into our livestream today at 1: 100s of tenants will be asking mayoral candidates to freeze the rent and invest in our homes to earn our votes! www.facebook.com/events/93551...

70% of New Yorkers rent. We'll be voting for a mayor who works for us -- not real estate.

On NY1 this morning previewing today's Mayoral Forum.

Tenants are half NY state - but wealthy landlords and developers control our homes, neighborhoods, and even our democracy. It's time to take back the state for tenants.

Join me and @housingjustice4all.bsky.social as we launch a powerful new organization on Monday. RSVP: hj4a.org/Dec9

Dems failed the working class - we are building a 250,000 person tenant bloc and won’t let it happen again

Join us ⬇️