Andrew Cuomo swipes at Zohran Mamdani over a classic New York topic: rent

Cuomo accuses Mamdani of being a 'very rich person,' demands he 'move out immediately' from his rent-stabilized apartment

Andrew Cuomo is demanding that his opponent in New York City’s mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani, vacate his rent stabilized apartment, while pushing a longshot proposal that would bar other middle-class renters from accessing much of the city’s housing. “I am calling on you to move out immediately,” Cuomo wrote in a widely-viewed social media post this weekend, casting Mamdani as “a very rich person” occupying an apartment that could otherwise be us…

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani says Cuomo sees rent-stabilized tenants as ‘political pawns’ with means-testing proposal

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday charged that his independent opponent, Andrew Cuomo, sees the city's nearly one million rent-stabilized tenants as "political pawns," after the former governor floated a proposal this week to significantly limit who can access those units. Mamdani made the remarks during a Tuesday Brooklyn press conference as part of his “Five Boroughs Against Trump” tour in response to Cuomo's Sunday proposal…

Andrew Cuomo swipes at Zohran Mamdani over a classic New York topic: rent

As he seeks to boost his campaign for New York City mayor, Andrew Cuomo is proposing an overhaul to New York City’s rent laws and escalating his attacks on the frontrunner, Zohran Mamdani.

Cuomo’s attack on Mamdani’s $2,300 apartment brings rent stabilization into the spotlight

A fight on social media between New York City mayoral candidates, former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, highlights persistent misconceptions about affordable housing. Mamdani is leading runner up Cuomo by 19 points according to a new poll and Cuomo’s social media account targeted Mamdani’s own housing situation, seemingly implying that Mamdani doesn’t have a right to live there. He posted on X over the weekend: “Somewh…