Renters Made Mamdani Mayor. Can He Remake the City for Them?

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His call to ‘freeze the rent’ galvanized the 69 percent of New Yorkers who don’t own their homes. But the city’s landlords claim the math doesn’t add up.

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Renters Made Mamdani Mayor. Can He Remake the City for Them?
NYT > U.S. > Politics

Renters Made Mamdani Mayor. Can He Remake the City for Them?

Center Left

His call to ‘freeze the rent’ galvanized the 69 percent of New Yorkers who don’t own their homes. But the city’s landlords claim the math doesn’t add up.