Cuomo Challenges Well-to-Do Mamdani to Surrender His Rent-Controlled Apartment to a Needy New York City Resident

Mamdani has told The New York Times that he rents his one-bedroom apartment in Astoria, one of nearly a million rent-stabilized units in the city, for $2,300 a month. Cuomo, a multimillionaire who moved into the city last year in advance of his mayoral run, pays a monthly rent of about $8,000.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is criticizing New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani for living in a rent-stabilized apartment. The independent mayoral candidate says if elected, he would propose what he's calling "Zohran's Law" to block higher income New Yorkers from living in rent-stabilized units.