Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo proposed “Zohran’s law” that would block privileged New Yorkers like his socialist rival Zohran Mamdani from living in rent-stabilized apartments.
Mamdani, 33, who rakes in $142,000 a year as a state assemblyman and whose wealthy family includes his filmmaker mom and professor dad, has been living in a $2,300-a-month, one-bedroom pad in Astoria.
“I’m calling the legislation ‘Zohran’s Law.’ This is obviously an abuse of the system,” Cuomo told The Post Sunday.
“We’re not supposed to be providing rent-stabilized apartments to the children of millionaires.”
The qualifications would include a “means test” based on the monthly rent and other factors, Cuomo said though he did not share specifics.
The legislation would require approval from the Democratic-run state legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Cuomo has been on the attack against Mamdani since last Friday over the cushy apartment in high cost Astoria.
“Somewhere last night in New York City, a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because you, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, are occupying her rent-controlled apartment,” Cuomo wrote in a viral tweet that racked up more than 28 million views.
“I am calling on you to move out immediately and give your affordable housing back to an unhoused family who need it. Leaders must show moral clarity. Time to move out,” Cuomo added.
Mamdani, the Democratic Party nominee, has proposed to freeze the rent of government-regulated apartments if he wins the general election in November.
Former Gov. Cuomo lost to Mamdani in a June Democratic primary but is running in November on the “Fight and Deliver” independent ballot line.
Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams also is running as an independent after dropping out of the primary as he faced federal corruption charges, which have since been dropped.
Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels, is the Republican nominee and lawyer Jim Walden will also appear on ballots as an independent.
The Mamdani campaign accused Cuomo of desperate mudslinging.
“On the day of the National Dominican Day Parade, as Andrew Cuomo’s desperate, nonsensical attacks continue, Zohran is busy deepening his support from New Yorkers ready for a city they can afford,” said Mamdani campaign spokeswoman Dora Pekec.
“If Mr. Cuomo really cared for working people in New York City, he’d commit today to reimburse the taxpayers the $60 million we are spending on his personal legal defense — which could pay for thousands of affordable housing units instead of probing the gynecological records of women he harassed.”
Mamdani landed the rent-regulated apartment on StreetEasy when he was making $47,000, his camp said.
