Mayoral candidate Andrew M. Cuomo is criticizing front-runner Zohran Mamdani for living in a one-bedroom rent-stabilized apartment for $2,300 a month, calling on him "to move out immediately and give your affordable housing back to an unhoused family.

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday charged that his independent opponent, Andrew Cuomo, sees the city’s nearly one million rent-stabilized tenants as “political pawns,” after the former governor floated a proposal this week to significantly limit who can access those units.

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has stepped up his attacks on State Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in November’s New York City mayoral election, accusing him of occupying a government-regulated apartment despite his high income.