Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will soon be an Upper East-sider.
He announced plans Monday to move to Gracie Mansion with his wife, Rama Duwaji, after his New Year’s Day inauguration, leaving the apartment they share in Astoria and ending weeks of speculation about whether he would live at the official residence of New York City’s mayor.
“This decision came down to our family’s safety and the importance of dedicating all of my focus on enacting the affordability agenda New Yorkers voted for,” Mamdani wrote in a statement.
Mamdani’s current $2,300-a-month rent-stabilized unit in a six-story apartment building became a target for his opponents during the general election campaign. Andrew Cuomo proposed legislation that would have prevented landlords from issuing new rent-stabilized leases t

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