Miranda Devine: History shows that Mamdani’s dangerous plan to seize property from landlords only leads to misery and tyranny

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · May 27, 2026 · 1223 words · By Miranda Devine

Class Conflict (Landlords vs. Tenants) Anti-Socialism/Anti-Marxism Property Rights vs. State Seizure

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Zohran Mamdani’s promise to seize the properties of landlords he deems unworthy should send a chill down the spine of every New Yorker.

Claims checked 14

Techniques found 6

Topics 3

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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Center67%

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What happened

Zohran Mamdani’s promise to seize the properties of landlords he deems unworthy should send a chill down the spine of every New Yorker.

Why it matters

“When necessary, we will take aggressive legal action to remove negligent owners and property managers,” the socialist mayor told a cheering crowd of leftists in Brooklyn Tuesday when he unveiled his “block by block” housing plan.

Common ground

“For buildings that have suffered chronic neglect, we will work to transfer ownership to responsible stewards [including] community land trusts, nonprofits, or even the tenants themselves.” Wherever in history his Marxist prescriptions have been applied,…

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 6 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence

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Name Calling / Labeling 100% confidence

Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.

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Appeal to Fear 100% confidence

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Appeal to Pity 80% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In 1988 he set himself up for retirement by buying a run-down eight-unit apartment building in Park Slope.”

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Claim 2: “In a 2021 DSA video, she declared: “Transitioning to treating [private property] as a collective good towards a model of shared equity . . . will mean that families, and white families especially . . . who are homeowners are going to have a different relationship to property than the one that we currently have.””

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 3: “Hasan Piker, 34, spelled it out during one of his livestream rants... “Kill them,” he said. “Murder those motherf–kers in the street.””

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 4: “Tom Diana, 64... hails from Italian, Irish and German roots.”

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The search results provided for 'Tom Diana' are irrelevant, returning results for Princess Diana or general ancestry DNA tests, providing no specific information about a person named Tom Diana.

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web search NEUTRAL — Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 5, 2017 · I have been working on a family tree for my brother-in- law for a while now, and last year I asked him to take an Ancestry DNA test, which he ...Discovering italian ancestry through dna …
https://www.facebook.com/groups/DarinPamSpeersgroup/posts/10…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 30, 2025 · Most people don't know this: the largest wave of immigrants in U.S. history wasn't Italian or Irish — it was German. ➡️ They didn't come ...
https://www.facebook.com/investingwithcolleen/posts/most-peo…

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Claim 5: “the 34-year-old nepo baby”

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Multiple cross-references from the NY Post consistently refer to Mamdani as 34 years old. Wikipedia confirms his birth date as October 18, 1991, which makes him 34 in 2025/2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the mayor of New York City was held on November 4, 2025. Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won the election with 50.78% of the vote, defeating Republican activist Curtis Sliw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_New_York_City_mayoral_ele…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zohran Mamdani is the Mayor of New York City and assumed office on January 1, 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, he has served as a member of the New York…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Zohran_Ma…

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

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Claim 6: “Mamdani, having won office on the Democratic Socialists of America ticket”

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Wikipedia and official NYC-DSA web results confirm Zohran Mamdani is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and won the mayoral election on that ticket.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York City Democratic Socialists of America (NYC-DSA) is the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. It is the largest chapter of the organization, with more than 14,000 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Democratic_Socia…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zohran Mamdani has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 1, 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, Mamdani was elected mayor in the 2025 el…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayoralty_of_Zohran_Mamdani

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Claim 7: “Zohran Mamdani’s promise to seize the properties of landlords he deems unworthy”

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Multiple independent web search results from May 2026 report on Zohran Mamdani's promise to seize properties from 'unworthy' or 'bad' landlords.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 30, 2026 ... Zohran Mamdani's promise to seize the properties of landlords he deems unworthy should send a chill down the spine of every New Yorker.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2026/05/30/zohran_mamdanis_…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... The problem with the idea of transferring private property from so-called “bad landlords” is not that everyone supports bad landlords.
https://www.facebook.com/offthepressnews/posts/new-sen-rand-…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Zohran Mamdani's promise to seize the properties of landlords he deems unworthy should send a chill down the spine of every New Yorker.
https://www.aol.com/articles/miranda-devine-history-shows-ma…

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Claim 8: “His wife is a legal immigrant of Indian-British extraction.”

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The search results provided are for the 'Talking Tom' mobile app and are completely irrelevant to the claim about Tom Diana's wife.

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web search NEUTRAL — It’s so cool to meet you. I’m Talking Tom. 👋 Welcome to the channel! I post new videos every week so you know what to do... Hit that SUBSCRIBE button! That way you won't miss a single episode!
https://www.youtube.com/TalkingTom

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · My Talking Tom Friends is a casual game developed by Outfit7 Limited for mobile.From the creators of insanely popular virtual pet games My Talking Tom, My Talking Tom 2, My Talking Ange…
https://m-apps.qoo-app.com/en_us/app/17962?locale=en-US

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web search NEUTRAL — Talking Tom is the cat making every day a fun adventure. Players adopt this virtual pet, keep him happy and help him explore his world. - Talking Tom can really talk - Fashion and furniture...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.outfit7.my…

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Claim 9: “Cea Weaver, the 37-year-old militant trust-fund socialist whom Mamdani appointed director of the New York City Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants”

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Claim 10: “100 million deaths were caused by communist regimes in the 20th century alone”

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Web search results indicate that estimates for deaths caused by communist regimes in the 20th century vary, but prominent tallies cluster around 65 million to 110 million, with some sources specifically citing 100 million.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Communist Party of China (CPC), commonly known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP won the Chin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Communism (from Latin communis 'common, universal') is a political and economic ideology whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Communist Party USA (CPUSA), officially the Communist Party of the United States of America, is a communist party in the United States. It was established in 1919 in the wake of the Russian Revolu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_USA

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Claim 11: “Vickie Paladino, one of only five Republicans on the City Council”

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Claim 12: “the Ugandan-born Muslim”

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Web search results explicitly state Zohran Mamdani was born in Uganda. His father, Mahmood Mamdani, is identified in Wikipedia as a Ugandan anthropologist, and other sources confirm his Muslim faith/identity.

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

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mahmood Mamdani (born 23 April 1946) is a Ugandan anthropologist, academic, and political commentator. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political scie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmood_Mamdani

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Claim 13: “the socialist mayor told a cheering crowd of leftists in Brooklyn Tuesday when he unveiled his “block by block” housing plan”

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Multiple web search results confirm Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled the 'Block by Block' housing plan in Brooklyn on May 26, and Wikipedia confirms his status as Mayor since January 1, 2026.

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Claim 14: “He grew up in Queens and worked for 45 years in heavy construction as a licensed engineer and builder.”

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The search results provided are for the 'Talking Tom' mobile app and are completely irrelevant to the claim about Tom Diana's professional history.

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