NYC Mayor Mamdani’s First Executive Orders Focus on Tenant Protections, Reverse Adams Orders

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued several executive orders on his first day in office aimed at fulfilling his campaign promise to make housing more affordable, according to reporting by Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Emma Goldberg in The New York Times.

“Mr. Mamdani announced three executive orders that would boost the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants and create two task forces to accelerate housing construction.” One task force, Land Inventory Fast Track (LIFT), will identify city-owned land that could be developed into housing. The other, Streamlining Procedures to Expedite Equitable Development (SPEED), will “identify and remove barriers like permitting that slow down projects. 

Mamdani said a rent freeze is “not the extent of our efforts,” and that the new administration will “stand up for tenants, build new housing and get New Yorkers into housing faster.”  

The new mayor also signed an order that revokes all executive order signed by former mayor Eric Adams after the date of his indictment on criminal charges. The revoked orders include one that allowed federal immigration officials to investigate criminal activity at Reikers Island and another that created an office focused on blockchain technology.