Sabrina Siddiqui
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first heard Aug 2025
last heard 28 Aug
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Now, she says, she wants to see him follow through on those.
Last month, the mayor announced block by block his long-awaited housing plan.
Along with his goal of building 200,000 new residences, Mamdani pledged to preserve 200,000 existing ones.
His signature policy was a promise to freeze rents on rent regulated apartments for all four years of his term.
That pledge unnerved rent-stabilized landlords like Lavonne Mason.
Some of them own buildings with piles of expensive debt that have been pushed further underwater by the rising cost of insurance, utilities, and other expenses.
Faced with that, the Mamdani administration has moved to find new ways to offer landlords relief, including a $5 million loan program for landlords, all while delivering for tenants.
Most New Yorkers, after all, rent their homes instead of owning them.
That includes Mayor Mamdani himself.
Or at least it did before he moved into Gracie Mansion, the mayor of New York City's official residence.
Coming up, I make the trip to City Hall to sit down with the mayor and ask him about how he's balancing his promises to bring relief to renters with some of the economic challenges of doing so.
That's after the break.
We're back with my interview with New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani.
Mr. Mayor, thank you so much for taking the time.
I want to talk about housing policy, and you just released your broader housing platform.
You campaigned on freezing the rent, but a lot of landlords have talked about how
Their expenses have shot up, such as utilities, cost of material and labor.
And what they're essentially saying is that operating an apartment building is a lot more expensive than it used to be.
And some of these properties could struggle without raising the rent.
So how are you balancing your promise to freeze the rent with the realities of the industry?
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