Sabrina Siddiqui
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Over the last few weeks, I've been reporting on what the rising cost of living could mean for who will control Congress next year.
In this episode, we talk to some of the New Yorkers navigating higher housing costs, and to Zoran Mamdani, the progressive mayor who swept into office with a campaign focused on costs.
Ahead of primary elections coming up this Tuesday, Mamdani has endorsed like-minded candidates running to represent corners of the city in both the state capitol and in Washington.
But those candidates have similarly progressive ideas for how to address the cost of housing.
That has sometimes put them and Mamdani at odds with Democratic Party leaders on an issue they all hope will resonate with voters in November.
This is The Cost of Living Election, Part 4.
At a housing resource fair in Brooklyn earlier this month, Lavonne Mason attended a seminar called Landlords and Tenants, Rights and Responsibilities.
She's in the former camp.
Mason owns a home in Bushwick that she divided into six units, which she rents out for between $1,300 and $2,400 a month.
The building provides her only income, and she says that because of inflation, it's not enough to comfortably pay her bills and address all the needs for repairs that pop up in the rental home.
So I have to take care of my bills, too.
Her situation is often invoked by critics of rent freezes and other price controls.
They say that if property owners, big and small, can't raise rents, they can't fund the repairs that would keep the homes attractive.
Mason says that if the city is going to freeze rent, they should also work with her to meet her costs.
Renters attended the seminar too.
Eva Sanchez is 49.
She's been unemployed for a few years, and she says she gets government assistance to pay for her apartment in Queens.
Later this month, the city's rent guidelines board will vote to set the new limit on price hikes.
Sanchez says getting her housing situation in a more stable place would be a relief.
Sanchez voted to elect Mayor Mamdani in part because of his promises to address the city's housing shortage.
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