Zohran Mamdani vs. New York Landlords
The real estate industry is pouring millions into Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral campaign in an effort to stop the robust pro-tenant candidacy of Zohran Mamdani.
6 Articles by: Cea Weaver
Cea Weaver is a director of organizing/campaign manager at Upstate/Downstate Housing Alliance.
More Democrats Should Talk About Capping Rents
The fact that Joe Biden felt the need to call for nationwide rent-increase caps this past week is a refreshing turn toward pro-tenant policy at a time when millions of renters are all but ignored by both parties.
Eviction Bans Are Ending. Do Politicians Care About Poor Tenants?
Landlords scored a major victory with the end of eviction bans. The path forward for organized tenants and socialists has to make prying power out of landlords’ hands a top priority.
New York’s “Cancel Rent” Movement Isn’t Over
The call to cancel rent won widespread support and helped advance a vision of housing justice we can build off of for years to come.
New York Needs Universal Rent Control Now
Rent control can build tenant power and undermine the logic of speculative neighborhood investments. New York needs it right now.
The Housing Question
We talked to four tenant organizers about how to build working-class movements for housing justice.