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䷖ Cuomo calls for “Zohran’s Law”

Andrew Cuomo is taking a shot at the housing of his opponent, Zohran Mamdani. On Sunday, he told local reporters that he was proposing “Zohran’s Law,” a measure to block the wealthy from rent-stabilized apartments like Mamdani’s.

Cuomo called Mamdani “a rich person stealing affordable housing from the poor.” In a post on X with nearly 34 million views, he pointed out that New York Assembly members make a base salary of $142,000 .

Mamdani has told The New York Times that he rents his one-bedroom apartment in Astoria, one of nearly a million rent-s

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