Zohran Mamdani: “Every year. That board determines whether the rent will rise…”

“So the mayor, in a city of eight and a half million people, controls a thing called the Rent Guidelines Board, has nine appointees. The mayor appoints them all. Every year. That board determines whether the rent will rise for about 2 1/2 million New Yorkers who live in rent stabilized apartments. Oh, rent stabilized. And so he's increased the rent 12% over this time. The previous mayor had frozen it three times. Okay, let's talk about President Trump because he had a lot to say about.” (03:47–03:54)

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