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Cuomo comes for Mamdani’s $2,300 apartment

JL;DR SUMMARY Andrew Cuomo has sparked controversy in the New York City mayoral race by criticizing opponent Zohran Mamdani's use of rent-stabilized housing, claiming Mamdani, with a base salary of $142,000, is taking affordable housing meant for the less fortunate. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Haredi OrthodoxJewish CommunityNew York CityUja Federation Of New YorkAndrew CuomoElectionZohran MamdaniBrad LanderAffordable HousingRent Stabilized Housing

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New York City, New York, United States
"This piece first ran as The Countdown, our daily newsletter rounding up all the developments in the New York City mayors race."
Astoria, New York, United States
"Mamdani has told The New York Times that he rents his one-bedroom apartment in Astoria, one of nearly a million rent-stabilized units in the city, for $2,300 a month."
New York, United States
"Lander pays $3,300 a month toward the mortgage on the Park Slope rowhouse he owns, which he has said he could not afford today."

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