US EditionCan Zohran Mamdani Really Freeze the Rent?
Zohran Mamdani leads with 38.3% in polls, promising a rent freeze for nearly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments to combat rising housing costs in New York City.
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Can Zohran Mamdani Really Freeze the Rent?
He’s said it over and over again on the campaign trail, a consistent drumbeat of a promise: If elected, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani will freeze your rent. “I’m running for mayor to freeze the rent for every rent-stabilized tenant,” he said in a campaign ad unveiled in late May. “Wait, you’re going to freeze my rent?” asks an actor playing a tenant. Mamdani comes back on screen: “Yes.” But does the mayor of New York City actually have the power…
Mamdani’s Grade-A Housing Blueprint
Decades of corporate landlordism have devastated British housing and squeezed its tenants. To fight back, the Left should emulate Zohran Mamdani’s energetic, street-level community housing campaigns in New York. Zohran Mamdani greets voters with on June 24, 2025 in New York City. (Credit: Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images.) The appointment of James Cleverley to oppose Angela Rayner as Shadow Housing Minister confirms that, finally, housing h…
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