Steven Meiner

Career In 2007, Meiner moved to Miami Beach where he joined the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a civil law enforcement attorney. One of the women lodged an official complaint prompting an internal review in 2016. In an earlier incident, Meiner tried to kiss a female staffer who joined him for dinner. In 2019, Meiner won a seat on the City Commission of Miami Beach. In February 2024, it was reported that the SEC was investigating Meiner over the alleged sexual harassment. In July 2024, Meiner resigned from the SEC after 17 years at the agency's Miami office.

Mayor of Miami Beach Meiner ran for mayor without a party affiliation to succeed Dan Gelber, who was term limited. When asked during the campaign about allegations of inappropriate workplace sexual activity, Meiner blamed the reports on antisemitism and claimed that his former SEC colleagues were motivated by his pro-Israel stance. In March 2025, Meiner attempted to end the lease of a cinema that met in Miami Beach's Old City Hall after they screened the film "No Other Land", a documentary about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Meiner criticized the film as a "false one-sided propaganda attack on the Jewish people", before freedom of speech concerns prompted him to back down from his threat against the lease.

In January 2026, following a complaint from Meiner to the Police Chief, Miami Beach Police Department officers visited a resident who criticized Meiner via a Facebook comment. The resident commented that Meiner had "call[ed] for the death of all Palestinians". According to the officers, they were looking for the commenter because that person's words could "probably incite somebody to do something bad." The resident who made the comment told The Washington Post that having police visit her over the comment "felt like such a foreign, alien feeling." The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression said the visit chilled "the exercise of First Amendment rights and undermines public confidence in the department’s commitment to respecting civil liberties and the United States Constitution."

In January 2026, Meiner condemned right-wing influencers including Clavicular, Nick Fuentes, Sneako, Myron Gaines and Andrew Tate singing along to "Heil Hitler" at the Miami Beach nightclub Vendôme and questioned how they gained access to the venue. Meiner subsequently launched an investigation of the nightclub.

Personal life Meiner is an Orthodox Jew and wears a yarmulke. He has resided in Miami Beach since 2007.