US EditionMamdani to Swap Humble Apartment for NY Mayor's Mansion
Zohran Mamdani will move from a rent-stabilized Astoria apartment to Gracie Mansion to ensure family safety and focus on his affordability agenda, officials said.
- On Dec. 8, 2025, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced he and his wife, Rama Duwaji, will move into Gracie Mansion after his January 1, 2026 inauguration.
- Mamdani said the decision was driven by his family's safety and the need to focus on enacting the affordability agenda, including protections for one million rent-stabilized units.
- Living since at least 2018 in a one-bedroom rent-stabilized apartment in Astoria, Queens, Zohran Mamdani wrote, `We will miss much about our home in Astoria...`.
- Transition planning is already underway, with his team expected to outline cabinet appointments and early priorities; Gracie Mansion serves as the city's symbolic executive residence since 1942.
- As a symbolic shift, Mamdani will move into Gracie Mansion, which spans over 10,000 square feet, has five bedrooms and a ballroom, on the Upper East Side, after weeks of speculation.
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Mamdani to move into Gracie Mansion, giving up his rent-stabilized apartment in Queens
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Monday that he and his wife are moving into Gracie Mansion, the traditional home of most NYC mayors. The 34-year-old outgoing Queens Assembly member and his wife will move into the Upper East Side home, a historic landmark located within Carl Schurz Park and overlooking the East River, when he takes office on Jan. 1. He announced the decision on Instagram on Dec. 8. Mamdani said he made the decision to move uptow…
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Mamdani to swap humble apartment for NY mayor's mansion
New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that he will be leaving his rent-controlled apartment in the borough of Queens for the luxurious official mayor's residence in Manhattan.
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