The six-story apartment building in a gentrifying section of Astoria, Queens would be unremarkable were it not for its famous tenant: Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.

But now the residence is at the center of a debate over whether Mamdani, who earns $142,000 a year as an assemblymember, should be able to live in a rent-stabilized one-bedroom apartment costing $2,300 a month.

His rival Andrew Cuomo says no. The former governor argued that Mamdani was “stealing affordable housing from the poor .” He pitched “Zohran’s Law,” which would mandate that newly vacant rent-regulated units be rented only to New Yorkers who pay at least 30% of their income in rent. The proposal has sparked an ongoing conversation among many New Yorkers about the cost of living, and whether Mamdani’s fo

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