Mamdani’s Soviet-Style Photo-Op Targets Landlords While NYC’s Public Housing Empire Crumbles

On Monday, the New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)—which enforces housing laws on private landlords—released a video that was a photo-op for Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani accompanied inspectors as they toured a private apartment building. The resulting video—a textbook photo-op—captured the mayor and inspectors pointing out minor infractions like faulty window balances ...