AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Mamdani's taxpayer-funded video targets Jewish landlord, calls property ownership a "trap"
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used public funds to produce a 13-minute propaganda film that singles out a Jewish landlord by name and declares that homes belong to occupants rather than owners, a premise his own housing director has been pushing for years. The video, released on YouTube through the mayor's official channels, features […] The post Mamdani's taxpayer-funded video targets Jewish landlord, calls property ownership a "trap" appeared first on American Almanac .
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used public funds to produce a 13-minute propaganda film that singles out a Jewish landlord by name and declares that homes belong to occupants rather than owners, a premise his own housing director has been pushing for years. The video, released on YouTube through the mayor's official channels, features Cea Weaver, director of the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants, seated in what appears to be a City Hall armchair in a red zippered sweater, narrating a one-sided account of landlord Joel Wiener and his company Pinnacle. Actor Morgan Spector provides voiceover. A six-person mayoral film team produced the piece, which The Nation previewed in advance and praised for its "energetic, cinematic style" and…Open