He’s only been in office for a few days, but NYC Red-Green (Marxist-Islamist) Mayor Zoran Mandami is quickly advancing his agenda. In addition to rescinding prior executive orders against antisemitism, declaring during his inaugural address that collectivism must prevail over individualism, and reacting with fury to Maduro’s capture, Mandami is moving against the landlords.
He announced the initiative on X:
Too many New Yorkers are getting ripped off—paying obscene rents for apartments that fail basic health and safety standards. When tenants speak up, landlords threaten eviction. That ends now. Today we launched a citywide crackdown on rental ripoffs, like landlord neglect and outrageous fees.We’ll be holding Rental Ripoff hearings in every borough of the city. We’ll be sharing tools to protect tenants from unscrupulous practices and hearing your experiences with abusive landlords. Details to come at: nyc.gov/rentalripoff
The tribunals also were posted on the NYC official website, Mayor Mamdani Announces Formation of “Rental Ripoff” Hearings
“Rental Ripoff” hearings in all five boroughs will offer New Yorkers a microphone to share poor conditions, unconscionable business practices that City will act onNEW YORK, NY — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani today signed an executive order directing the Department of Housing Preservation & Development, the Department of Buildings, the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, in coordination with the new Office of Mass Engagement, to hold “Rental Ripoff” hearings across the five boroughs within the first 100 days of the administration. At these hearings, working New Yorkers will be able to speak about the challenges they face – from poor building conditions to hidden fees on rent payments. Following these hearings, the Mamdani administration will publish a summary and report detailing common themes and areas of opportunity, and the testimony shared at these hearings will directly inform policy interventions to take on these ripoff tactics. Details about the hearings will be available at nyc.gov/RentalRipoff.In the first week of his Administration, Mayor Mamdani is already making it clear that tenants in New York City have a champion in City Hall. On day one, he passed an executive order rebuilding the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants and appointed Cea Weaver—who was instrumental in the passage of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019—to lead it.“There is no economic justice without safe, quality, affordable housing New Yorkers can live in. This is not just about building new housing, it’s also about enforcing the laws in existing housing,” said Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su. “Through the Rental Ripoff hearings, City Hall will not only be listening, we will take action to ensure that the law is followed without exception and that New Yorkers know their rights when it comes to the often hidden or deceptive fees associated with the hunt for housing.”“For too long, tenants have been ripped off without recourse or protection. Our Rental Ripoff hearings will give working people across the five boroughs a microphone to highlight the challenges they face and make New York City government a truly participatory endeavor,” said Cea Weaver, Director of the Mayor’s Office of to Protect Tenants. “By hearing from New Yorkers about the challenges they have faced, we can bring a truly comprehensive approach to address the shoddy conditions, hidden fees, and other ripoffs that have persisted until now.”“Amid an affordability crisis crushing millions of working New Yorkers, tenants are being burdened by excessive and hidden fees — from amenity fees to processing fees. This administration will make sure every New Yorker knows their rights and knows they have a champion in city government who will not back down from the fight to make this city more affordable, fair, and just,” said Sam Levine, Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
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Mamdani has identified a class of property owners supposedly ripping off the masses, and now he is targeting them. In the Soviet days they were called Kulaks.
I’ve been writing about Kulaks since the first month of Legal Insurrection in October 2008, What If The People Say “No” – Lessons From Forced Collectivization and dozens of times since then.
In NYC under Mamdani, Kulaks are called landlords.
We know how this will end. The housing situation will become even worse because landlords will walk away from unprofitable properties, and there is zero incentive to purchase or expand rental units when you have been targeted by a heartless politicized bureaucracy.
We have seen this movie before.
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