A woke aide to New York City‘s new socialist mayor burst out crying when confronted over her assertion that it is racist for white people to own homes – despite her own mother owning a $1.4m Craftsman house.
Cea Weaver, who runs Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Office to Protect Tenants, was overcome with emotion when confronted outside her apartment in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning.
The 37-year-old began running down the street after seeing a Daily Mail reporter outside her home, then said ‘No’ through tears when asked if she wanted to comment on her professor mother Celia Appleton’s ownership of the $1.4 million property in fast-gentrifying Nashville.
Weaver appeared to be walking towards a nearby subway station, but then turned back and ran inside her home, which has a ‘Free Palestine‘ poster taped to one of its windows.
She was subsequently seen peering out the same window with the poster in it.
Weaver previously tweeted that ‘homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy’ and that ‘homeownership is racist’ in social media posts that also urged people to ‘impoverish the white middle class.’
In another Twitter missive from 2018, Weaver wrote: ‘There is no such thing as “good gentrifier,” only people who are actively working on projects to dismantle white supremacy and capitalism and people who aren’t.’
Weaver further called on people to ‘seize private property’ and called for the election of communist lawmakers.
Woke New York City Mayoral Aide Cea Weaver burst into tears on Wednesday morning when confronted about her anti-white tweets and hypocrisy
Weaver sniffed ‘no’ through tears when a Daily Mail reporter asked her about her mothers $1.4 million home, after she claimed white people owning property is racist
The Tennessee city is America’s fastest-gentrifying.
Weaver lives in Crown Heights – a historically black neighborhood whose longtime residents have also been priced out by white newcomers.
In a press conference on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he stood by Weaver, but his team is understood to have been caught by surprise by her anti-white tweets.
Weaver deleted her X account after her old posts were unearthed by anti-woke campaigner Michelle Tandler.
She attempted to distance herself from them yesterday in a statement that said: ‘Regretful comments from years ago do not change what has always been clear – my commitment to making housing affordable and equitable for New York’s renters.’
The Trump administration said it is aware of Weaver’s anti-white tweets and warned she faces a federal investigation if any evidence of anti-Caucasian discrimination emerges.
Cea Weaver’s mother Professor Celia Appleton lives in this $1.4 million Craftsman home in Nashville. Weaver says white people owning homes is racist and has railed against the evils of gentrification
Cea Weaver is pictured with New York City’s new socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who says he is standing by her despite her anti
Weaver is pictured far left, back row, standing in front of her mother Celia Appleton while attending her brother’s wedding
A selection of Cea Weaver’s anti-white tweets emerged after her appointment by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani
Weaver’s mother Applegate, a professor of German Studies at Vanderbilt University and her partner David Blackbourn, a professor of history, purchased their home in Music City USA’s Hillsboro West End neighborhood in July 2012 for $814,000, according to county property records.
Since then, its value has soared by nearly $600,000 – a surge in value likely to infuriate Weaver, who has been vocal in her dislike of wealth-building through property ownership.
When contacted by the Daily Mail via phone on Tuesday, Weaver said: ‘I can’t talk to you now, but can talk to you later,’ and hung up before a reporter could ask any questions.
Mayor Mamdani swept to victory in a stunning political upset in November 2025 thanks mainly to his vow to tackle the soaring cost of living in New York City.
He vowed to freeze rent on the Big Apple’s one million rent stabilized homes that house around 2.5 million people, 30 percent of the city’s population.