PERSON: Cea Weaver

New York City Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants

Director

Cea Weaver (born Celia Weaver) is an American tenant organizer who serves as the director of the New York City Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants since 2026. She previously coordinated the statewide organization Housing Justice for All and was a central figure in the campaign that led to the passage of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019. A member of the Democratic Socialists of America, Weaver has advocated for rent strikes and regulations that prioritize housing for community use rather than profit. She was appointed to her current municipal role by mayor Zohran Mamdani on January 1, 2026.

Weaver was born in 1988 or 1989 and grew up in Rochester, New York. She completed a B.A. in Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College in 2010. Weaver earned a M.A. in Urban Planning from New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service in 2014. Her father, Stewart Weaver, manages a rental property.

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