Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently debuted “Zohran’s Law,” a means-tested housing proposal and dig at Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani. His plan would prohibit landlords from leasing rent-stabilized units to wealthier occupants. The plan followed days of Cuomo’s online ridicule of Mamdani for living in a $2,300 rent-stabilized 1-bedroom apartment in Queens while earning $142,000 as an Assembly member. The law, although inspired by Mamdani, would not apply to him as the bill would not evict tenants whose incomes increase after moving in. Mamdani’s rent-freeze policy, by contrast, has been central to his campaign and would halt increases on the city’s nearly 1 million rent-stabilized units.

Renters occupy more than two-thirds of all housing in the city, and the New York City Housing

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