Friday is the second day in office for New York City’s new mayor. Zohran Mamdani is already looking to follow through on campaign promises.<\/p>\n
Thursday was about housing<\/a>. Friday, he’s talking transit.<\/p>\n Mamdani is expected to make an announcement in the afternoon at Grand Army Plaza.<\/p>\n The new mayor hit the ground running on Thursday, signing five executive orders, three of them aimed at confronting the city’s housing crisis.<\/p>\n The first executive order he signed revoked all executive orders issued by former Mayor Eric Adams the day after Adams was federally indicted.<\/p>\n He also signed an executive order establishing that he will have five deputy mayors, fewer than during the Adams administration. But Mamdani said he will keep the recently created Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism.<\/p>\n Mamdani’s three other executive orders focused on housing. One of those orders will revive the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, which will serve as a central coordinating body to defend tenants’ rights, stand up to landlords, and ensure city agencies act swiftly on behalf of renters facing unsafe or illegal conditions.<\/p>\n The other two executive orders establish task forces related to accelerating housing development.<\/p>\n The housing executive orders were announced at a press conference at 85 Clarkson Avenue in Brooklyn, a rent-stabilized building where residents are threatening a rent strike. The building, owned by Pinnacle Realty, is one of more than 90 buildings in bankruptcy proceedings set to be auctioned off to a different landlord.<\/p>\n “For too long, bad landlords have been allowed to mistreat their tenants with impunity. That ends today,” Mamdani said. “Stepping in to represent the interests of the city and the interests of the tenants and say once and for all who this government will be fighting for.”<\/p>\n ———- Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness News<\/p>\n
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