Where Mamdani Found the Blueprints to Run for Mayor

Before Zohran Mamdani became a state legislator, he helped South Asian New Yorkers who were in danger of losing their homes because of tax liens and job losses.

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Development Project in Mamdani’s Assembly District Is Moving Forward

The city’s push to rezone parts of Long Island City in Queens to allow for more housing cleared a key hurdle in the City Council.

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Mamdani Weighs In on Long-Running Fight Over Elizabeth Street Garden

The city has been trying to build housing on the site of the Manhattan garden for at least a decade, but has met with fierce opposition in the community.

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In Ashes of Amazon Fight, Tensions Emerge in Huge Bet on N.Y.C. Housing

Years ago, progressives defeated a plan to build an Amazon warehouse in Queens. Now a new kind of development is gaining their support.

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NYC Elections Board Rejects Council’s Push to Keep Housing Measures Off Ballot

The City Council, which would lose some power if the measures are approved, had argued that the ballot language was not clear enough to put before voters.

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PAC Aims to Spend $3 Million to Pass New York Housing Measures

The measures could make it easier to build housing, but the City Council is trying to keep them off the November ballot.

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N.Y.C. Elections Board May Block Ballot Proposals on Housing

The City Council opposes the measures, which would curtail its power. The Board of Elections, appointed by the Council, could prevent voters from weighing in.

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With ‘Zohran’s Law,’ Cuomo Wants to Limit Who Can Live in Rent-Stabilized Homes. How Would That Work?

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal is a dig at Zohran Mamdani, his main opponent in the mayor’s race, but it could upend the housing search for middle-income New Yorkers.

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Plan to Add 9,500 Homes to Midtown Expected to Get City Council Approval

The plan would open a swath of Manhattan, including the garment district, to residential development.

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What Is Rent Stabilization, and Why Is It an Issue in the NYC Mayor’s Race?

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s push to keep “rich” people out of less-expensive apartments is aimed at his political rival in New York, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

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