Key Highlights
- Weaver, a longtime housing activist and member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), was appointed by Mamdani to serve as director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants.
- Since taking office, she has gone viral for several social media posts on her now-deleted X account and a controversial video appearance. During an interview with Spectrum News NY1, Weaver was asked about the backlash after host Errol Louis noted, "The former mayor, Eric Adams, said you were, quote, ‘out of your f---ing mind.’ That was in response to a resurfaced tweet from way back when in which you said homeownership was a tool of White supremacy.
- I wanted to give you a chance to respond.
- You’re not out of your mind, right?" MAMDANI TAPS CONTROVERSIAL LAWYER WHO DEFENDED AL QAEDA TERRORIST FOR TOP ROLE: 'POWERFUL ADVOCATE' New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani speaks during an interview on "The Story with Martha MacCallum" at Fox News on Wednesday, Oct.
- 15, 2025, in New York City.
