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Jan. 06, 2026: Mayor Mamdani’s Bold Housing Moves


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In Mayor Zohran Mamdani's first week in office, he has made several bold moves to throw the full power of city government behind tenants while stimulating the production of more new housing.
In our first segment, we spoke with two two tenant-organizers from the Union of Pinnacle Tenants about the Day 1 executive order Mamdani signed that commits the city to intervening on behalf of thousands of rent-stabilized tenants who live in 93 buildings controlled by bankrupt slumlord Pinnacle that are at risk of being auctioned off to another predatory landlord.
In our second segment, we spoke with veteran NYC journalist Steven Wishnia about some of Mamdani's other moves: appointing socialist tenant organizer Cea Weaver to head the Mayor's Office of Tenant Protection and plans for "rental rip-off" public hearings across the five boroughs.
In the final part of the show, we took listener call-ins.
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