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Cuomo proposes 'Zohran's law' to protect rent-stabilized housing from the wealthy

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11 months ago

As part of his renewed New York City mayoral campaign, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing "Zohran's law" to prevent high-income individuals from occupying rent-stabilized apartments. The proposal is a pointed jab at his opponent, Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, who occupies a rent-stabilized apartment in Astoria, Queens. "Rent-stabilized apartments when they're vacant should only be rented to people who need affordable housing, not people like Zohran Mamdani," Cuomo told reporters in a video posted on social media. Cuomo, who resigned as governor of New York in 2021 in the face o...