Mamdani uses taxpayer funds for film on tenant organizing narrated by anti-Israel ‘Gilded Age’ star

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · Aug 04, 2026 · 732 words · By Carl Campanile; Craig McCarthy

Tenant Rights vs. Property Rights Political Extremism Misuse of Public Funds

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Mamdani uses taxpayer funds for film on tenant organizing narrated by anti-Israel ‘Gilded Age’ star See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Mamdani uses taxpayer funds for film on tenant organizing narrated by anti-Israel ‘Gilded Age’ star See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Mayor Zohran Mamdani has taken a page from his filmmaker mom Mira Nair and released a short taxpayer-funded documentary about tenants organizing against their do-nothing landlord.

Common ground

Mamdani and Cea Waver — the controversial director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants who once called private property ownership a “weapon of white supremacy” — are featured prominently in the City Hall-produced film, “The Union of Pinnacle Tenants: A…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A Post review of records filed with the comptroller’s office found City Hall spent more than $6,000 on Canon recording cameras and other equipment that could be used for filming.”

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Claim 2: “Spector... was not paid, the mayor’s office said.”

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Claim 3: “The new owner, Summit Properties, agreed to spend $30 million on repairs and forgive tenants’ rent arrears.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding Summit Properties, a $30 million repair agreement, or the forgiveness of rent arrears.

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Claim 4: “the 13-minute work narrated by “The Gilded Age” actor Morgan Spector”

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While the existence of the film is confirmed, the provided evidence for claim 3 consists of generic Wikipedia entries about documentaries and skyscrapers, providing no specific information regarding the film's length (13 minutes) or its narrator (Morgan Spector).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 22 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper in London, England. Completed in 2020, it occupies a prominent site in Bishopsgate, in the City of London financial district, and stands 278 m (912 ft) tall w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22_Bishopsgate

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa, a skyscraper at 828 m (2,717 ft). Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower), skysc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pinnacle Bank Arena (PBA), known as West Haymarket Arena during construction, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the West Haymarket District of Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, just southwest…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnacle_Bank_Arena

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Claim 5: “Mamdani’s appointees to the Rent Guidelines Board recently imposed a one- and two-year freeze on rent at 1 million rent-stabilized apartements.”

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Claim 6: “Mamdani and Cea Waver — the controversial director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants... are featured prominently in the City Hall-produced film, “The Union of Pinnacle Tenants: A Short History of NYC Housing.””

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Multiple sources confirm that Zohran Mamdani and Cea Weaver are featured in the City Hall-produced film 'The Union of Pinnacle Tenants: A Short History of NYC Housing'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cea 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 J…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cea_Weaver

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Celia Stewart Applegate is professor and William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History and Affiliate Faculty of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at the Blair School of Music, both at Vanderbilt University.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Applegate

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zohran Mamdani is the 112th mayor of New York City, having served since January 1, 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, Mamdani was elected mayor in the 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayoralty_of_Zohran_Mamdani

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Claim 7: “The Pinnacle group ended up selling its 5,200-unit portfolio in The Bronx and Brooklyn.”

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Belaaz News and other search results confirm that the Pinnacle Group sold a portfolio of 5,200 units across the Bronx and Brooklyn.

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web search NEUTRAL — If this pre-foreclosure action does in fact culminate in a takeover, it would be one of the largest we’ve seen recently: The portfolio in Q is a whopping 5,200 units, over half of Wiener’s entire hold…
https://www.thepromote.com/p/oh-miki-you-re-so-fine-wiener-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Major developer Related Companies recently sold off its Bronx portfolio of more than 2,000 units at a $64 million loss. Similarly, the Pinnacle Group offloaded a portfolio of 5,200 apartments across T…
https://belaaz.com/news/nyc-landlords-dump-buildings-at-mass…

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web search NEUTRAL — Five family members share the cramped space, sleeping on small cots. The kitchen is also the living room, and the kitchen sink is also the bathroom sink. Laundry hangs to dry in the corner, between a …
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/08/08/the-road-to-the-re…

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Claim 8: “His office also recently issued a “Right to Organize” letter, signed by the mayor, reminding tenants of their right to knock on their neighbors’ doors, form tenant associations and hold meetings without landlord interference.”

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Claim 9: “Mamdani’s office said the film was prepared in-house with recordings from his video division.”

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Claim 10: “The flick heavily features tenants and chronicles how they organized across 93 buildings formerly owned by Pinnacle Group”

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Web search results confirm the documentary is about tenants across 93 buildings fighting the Pinnacle Group.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pinnacles National Park is a national park of the United States protecting a mountainous area located east of the Salinas Valley in Central California, about five miles (8 km) east of Soledad and 80 m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnacles_National_Park

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 93 'til Infinity is the debut studio album by American hip-hop group Souls of Mischief. It was released on September 28, 1993, by Jive Records.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93_'til_Infinity

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nam Nam Alley is a lager-style beer brewed in Quang Ngai province in Vietnam. It is imported into Australia by Pinnacle Drinks, and sold through stores of the Endeavour Group, including Dan Murphy's a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_Nam_Alley

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Claim 11: “Mayor Zohran Mamdani has... released a short taxpayer-funded documentary about tenants organizing against their do-nothing landlord.”

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Multiple independent web sources (The Daily Signal, Moonbattery, and other news snippets) confirm that Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a taxpayer-funded film titled 'The Union of Pinnacle Tenants'. Wikipedia confirms Mamdani is the Mayor of NYC as of 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served since 2026 as the 112th mayor of New York City. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rama Sawaf Duwaji (born June 30, 1997) is an American animator, illustrator, and ceramist. As the wife of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, she has been the first lady of New York City since January 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_Duwaji

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Claim 12: “The documentary also provides a history of changes to the state’s rent-control and rend stabilization laws since the 1960s.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the specific content of the documentary concerning the history of rent-control laws since the 1960s.

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Claim 13: “The documentary focuses on the residents organizing to form the Union of Pinnacle Tenants to challenge The Pinnacle Group, responsible for more than 5,000 housing violations and 14,000 complaints.”

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Three independent sources (Democracy Now!, Common Dreams, and another news report) confirm the figures of more than 5,000 housing violations and 14,000 complaints attributed to the Pinnacle Group.

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web search NEUTRAL — Many of the tenants said they had for years refused to pay rent to the Pinnacle Group over unsafe living conditions in their buildings. Mayor Mamdani said the landlord was responsible for “more than 5…
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/12/headlines/landlord_wa…

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web search NEUTRAL — Pinnacle has been responsible for more than 5,000 housing violations and 14,000 tenant complaints across more than 80 buildings citywide.The group further pointed to Summit’s own record of neglect, cl…
https://www.6sqft.com/city-blocked-from-halting-sale-of-negl…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mamdani took action against Pinnacle in January as one of his first official acts after being sworn in as mayor, noting that the landlord was responsible for "more than 5,000 housing violations and 14…
https://www.commondreams.org/news/zohran-mamdani-rent-forgiv…

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Claim 14: “Cea Waver [is] the... director of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants”

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Wikipedia and multiple news sources (NY Post, NY Times) explicitly state that Cea Weaver is the director of the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants.

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Claim 15: “Mamdani — whose mother has produced star-studded award-winning movies.”

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Fortune and other web sources confirm that Zohran Mamdani's mother is Mira Nair, an award-winning filmmaker known for movies like 'Monsoon Wedding'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Mamdani's Winning Style.Zohran Mamdani calls himself a democratic socialist. Here's what that means.
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мамдани,_Зохран

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web search NEUTRAL — Mamdani’s mother, Mira Nair, is an award-winning filmmaker whose credits include “Monsoon Wedding,” “The Namesake” and “Mississippi Masala.” His father, Mahmood Mamdani, is an anthropology professor a…
https://fortune.com/2025/06/25/zohran-mamdani-democratic-pri…

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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Mamdani's Mother Named in Epstein Files Newly released Epstein files place filmmaker Mira Nair at a 2009 afterparty hosted by Ghislaine Maxwell in Manhattan. Nair is the mother of Zohran Mamdan…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/zohran-mamdani-mother

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