Zohran Mamdani: “Andrew Cuomo has, you know, become even closer with the Real…”

“And that's done through a board called the Rent Guidelines Board. Nine members, the mayor appoints each one. This mayor called himself real estate. He's raised the rent 9%. Andrew Cuomo has, you know, become even closer with the Real Estate Board of New York. And it's likely he would be raising those rents as well. We've said, when we look at the facts, the median household income of these tenant households, $60,000 a year.” (27:35–27:40)

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