Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday continued to decline to offer an opinion on a set of housing-related referendum questions up for a vote in next week’s election — an indication the issue will be politically fraught for him no matter which side he aligns with.
The three questions — Nos. 2, 3 and 4 on the back of voters’ Nov. 4 ballots — would make it easier for developers to build by, among other things, creating a panel that could overturn City Council denial of many mixed-income housing projects.
The reform proposals come as New York’s housing crisis is at an inflection point, with rents continuing to skyrocket while the number of vacant affordable apartments citywide remains low .
Still, the questions, which were placed on the ballot by a Charter Revisi

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