Zohran Mamdani: “This mayor called himself real estate. He's raised the rent…”

“That means the city determines if their rent goes up every year or not at all. 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.” (27:31–27:36)

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