Andrew Cuomo skewers Zohran Mamdani’s ‘political blather’ on ‘rent freeze’ policy during NYC Mayoral debate

Former Gov. Cuomo got some strong applause attacking Mamdani’s blathering policies.

“I’m going to deep freeze the rent. People think it applies to all of them. No, just the 25% of the units that are really stabilized,” he said.

Cuomo then took direct aim at one of Mamdani’s signature policies: freezing the rent

“And by the way, it’s all because the mayor doesn’t have the power to do it anyway. The Rent Guidelines Board does, and he doesn’t control the Rent Guidelines board, so nothing is going to happen,” he said to applause.

“It’s just the old political blather, Mr. Mamdani.”

The mayor does appoint members to the Rent Guidelines Board who are supposed to represent varied interests, including both landlords and tenant interests.