Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani voted in favor of a series of contentious housing-related ballot measures, at last taking an 11th hour position on the politically-fraught issue.
“We urgently need more housing to be built across the five boroughs, and we also need to ensure that that housing is high quality, creating high quality union jobs,” Mamdani told reporters Tuesday morning outside his poll site at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria. “And I also understand that there are council members in opposition to these measures, and their opposition is driven by commitment to their communities and a deep concern about investment in those communities and I share the commitment to that investment. I look forward to working with them and delivering.”
For weeks, Mamdani has

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