Andrew Cuomo on Monday said that as mayor, he’d push to require New Yorkers looking to move into rent-stabilized apartments to pay at least 30% of their income in rent every year.

The 30% requirement would, by definition, make those new tenants rent–burdened.

The proposal, called “Zohran’s Law,” is a political shot at Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani: Over the weekend, Cuomo accused Mamdani, who makes $142,000 as a state assemblyman, of being too wealthy to live in his rent-stabilized apartment.

“They are supposed to be for hardworking men and women, but far too many rich people are taking advantage,” Cuomo said of rent-stabilized units. “We must stop the Zohran Mamdanis of the world from gaming the system and boxing out lower-income New Yorkers who are barely scraping by, and Zohr

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