Exclusive | Embattled DSA leader Gustavo Gordillo sued for eviction despite $1.5M townhouse gifted by rich dad

Embattled New York City Democratic Socialists of America Co-Chair Gustavo Gordillo is a deadbeat tenant facing eviction after stiffing his landlord out of months of rent, The Post has learned.Gordillo, 38, the privileged son of a Florida construction magnate, is being sued in Brooklyn housing court after skipping out on three rent payments of $2,500 for a Crown Heights apartment he leased while the $1.5 million townhouse gifted to him by his rich daddy underwent renovations, according to court filings.The Yale University-educated sculptor moved into the “stunning” one-bedroom pad on Eastern Parkway in May 2025, according to court records.From day one, he treated the rent bill like a mere suggestion, dodging payments for months at a time only to cough up one lump sum after he’d racked up three months of unpaid rent, according to the account statement included in the court case.The revolutionary was finally taken to court in March by his landlord Shimon Liashi for $5,000 after missing payments in December and January.Gordillo never filed an answer to the suit, as New York law requires tenants to do within 10 days of being served, and the case is still pending in housing court.“This should be surprising, but it isn’t,” NYC Councilwoman Vickie Paladino told The Post.“The entitlement of these rich DSA kids is bottomless.

Even when his parents are paying his bills, he still stiffed his landlord.”“It’s really appalling that these brats are in charge of our city now, when they’re so quick to screw over working people and can’t even manage their own lives.”Not only is Gordillo a so-called “rent abolitionist” — a movement popularized by Mayor Mamdani housing guru Tracy Rosenthal — he doesn’t even believe in housing court altogether.“It’s mitigating harm,” he said at a DSA Housing Justice meeting in 2022, according to a transcript obtained by The Post.“It’s not abolishing landlords and rent which are our long-term socialist g...