Zohran Mamdani: “We have a city of eight and a half million people. About two…”

“My landmark policy on, on housing in this race is about freezing the rent for rent stabilized tenants. We live in a. Which has been done previously by non socialist. We have a city of eight and a half million people. About two and a half million live in rent stabilized housing. The city determines the rate of the rent increase, or lack thereof of that housing through the rent Guidelines Board at which the mayor appoints all nine members.” (09:43–09:50)

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