Zohran Mamdani: “The Rent Guidelines Board, which is entirely composed of…”

“And he came in as a self described real estate. That's, that's how he described himself coming into the office. And he's raised rents accordingly. He's raised them more than 9%. And this year, when The Rent Guidelines Board, which is entirely composed of [the mayor's] appointees, found that the landlords... had seen an increase in their revenues by 12%. a increase in their revenues by 12%. He wanted to raise the rent once again to close to 8%. And that is one example. Another, I would say, is his relationship to Con Edison.” (04:10–07:26)

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