"Cuomo and Mamdani sparred, once again, over the idea of a rent freeze Mamdani reiterated his central campaign platform: to appoint a Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) that would freeze rent for the city's roughly 2 million rent-stabilized tenants, all four years he's in office. While housing and tenant advocates cheer the plan, landlord groups say it would make it harder for property owners to keep up with repairs in aging buildings, particularly in properties where the majority of units are regulated."
""How can you promise a rent freeze today before ever seeing that data next year?" moderator and Politico editor Sally Goldenberg asked the assemblymember. "What I am speaking about is actually reflecting the needs of these New Yorkers and the state of the market today," Mamdani responded. "These are New Yorkers who have a median household income of $60,000. We do not need to be pushing them further out of the city. We need to kee"
Three mayoral candidates — Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, and Curtis Sliwa — addressed housing and homelessness alongside policing, the Israel-Gaza conflict, and how they would confront President Trump. Mamdani proposed appointing a Rent Guidelines Board to freeze rent for roughly 2 million rent-stabilized tenants for all four years of his term. Housing advocates generally support the freeze while landlord groups warn it would hinder owners' ability to maintain aging buildings, especially in heavily regulated properties. Critics argue the plan would undermine the RGB's independence, which evaluates landlord and tenant economics each spring before setting annual rent changes. Moderators pressed Mamdani on promising a freeze without next year’s data; Mamdani cited current market needs and median incomes around $60,000.
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