WATCH: NYC Landlord DRAGS Zohran Mamdani and His Voters After Communist NYC Mayor Announces Rent Freeze for More Than Two Million Residents

The Gateway Pundit ^ | June 28, 2026 | Cullen Linebarger

[Red Badger]

A New York City landlord has gone viral for dragging Marxist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani after he announced a massive rent freeze last week.

As The New York Times reported, a New York City panel voted on Thursday to freeze rents for nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments. This fulfilled one of Mamdani's prominent campaign promises.

The Rent Guidelines Board approved the freeze on both one- and two-year leases in a 7-to-1 vote. Increases were thus paused on more than 40% of all apartments across the five boroughs.

The Times revealed that this includes high-rise luxury apartments, deeply affordable subsidized units, and 150-year-old walk-ups.

Mamdani posted a video on X bragging after the Board rendered its decision, noting that more than 2 million NYC residents will be affected.

"New York, the Independent Rent Guidelines Board just froze the rent," Mamdani says while grabbing an ice cream bar from the fridge. "That means if you're one of the more than two million New Yorkers who live in a rent-stabilized apartment, your rent's gonna be frozen next year.

It might be hot outside but the rent is freezing. pic.twitter.com/EXPaI8emyv

— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) June 26, 2026

But NYC's Jude Jean Paul Bernard, who is a landlord, real Estate Broker, and investor, was quite unimpressed. He posted his own video to roast Mamdani and his supporters.

Bernard opens by sarcastically congratulating renters on having their rent frozen, then pours out a cold reality that neither they nor Mamdani wants to hear.

[Secret Agent Man]

So if government denies yku to raise prices due to any number of factors,but then that same govt raises taxes on you greatly for your properties, also while adopting a position of ooening up govt run stores and such to compete against private individuals and businesses, it seems like govt is actively setting businesses/owners up to fail, go bankrupt, forced sale,of said properties, ie conspiracy, coercion, forcing them out of their livelihoods and replacing them with themselves...

[right way right]

Mandummy should be dragging by his neck by now.

[DAC21]

“Mandummy should be dragging by his neck by now”

I suspect Mandummy is banning the sell of Piano wire in what music shops that are left in NYC.

[Bubba_Leroy]

So did Mamdani give up his rent controlled apartment or is he subletting it at a profit?

[Red Badger]

😁....................

[GingisK]

In this age of severely misused English, what does “dragged” mean in this context?

[Red Badger]

Disrespected, defamed on an Internet forum...........

[rxh4n1]

The South Bronx in the 1970s.

[GingisK]

Thank you!

I asked ChatGPT to coin a new word for that meaning and got:

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Coining a New Word: Being Disrespected on the Internet

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Cyberspurned

(adj., past participle)

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• "Anyone expressing a minority opinion risks being cyberspurned."

Related forms:

• cyberspurn (verb) – to reject or scorn someone online.
• cyberspurning (noun) – the act of publicly scorning someone on the internet.

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(adj., past participle)

Definition: Subjected to insulting, defamatory, or demeaning language online.

Examples:

• "She was e-slurred for expressing an unpopular opinion."
• "The author claims he was e-slurred after his article went viral."

Related forms:

• e-slur (verb) – to insult or malign someone online.
• e-slurring (noun) – the practice of online verbal abuse.

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[GingisK]

Here is another list from ChatGPT:

Netslighted (NET-sly-ted) — publicly belittled or dismissed online.
"He was netslighted after posting his opinion."
Webscorned — treated with contempt on the internet.
"The author was webscorned for the article."
Cyberspurned — rejected or mocked online.
Netshamed — already understandable, though close to existing terms like "body-shamed." Infased (from "internet" + "disgraced") — has a unique sound but needs explanation.
E-slurred — insulted through electronic communication.
Clickscorned — ridiculed by online commenters.
Digraced (digital + disgraced) — "He was digraced after the video went viral."
Netderided — straightforward and self-explanatory.
Pixelated (new meaning) — "He got pixelated after that tweet." This borrows the existing word in a humorous way.

[Liz]

Rent control policies are seen as helping lower-income households, but these same policies also subsidize high-income residents. Many housing providers say there are higher-income residents who benefit from rent-freeze policies.

30% of rent-stabilized apartments are in the hands of households with incomes above $100,000, according to the NYCHVS.

Households earning between $50,000 and $99,999, and less than $25,000 trail close behind, at 27% and 26%, respectively.

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Does the braindead Mayor now know his rent-freeze policy
might help a surprising set of higher-income New Yorkers?

[Jim Noble]

I don’t believe the mayor of the City of New York can order a rent freeze.

The City has a lot of unusual quasi-State powers resulting for the 1898 merger law, but that’s still a law passed in Albany and subject to restrictions and exclusions.

[alaskamomma]

wow, you don’t have a mayor now you have a dicktator. Don’t you citizens have a STATE GOVERNMENT? He’s just a lowly MAYOR. He can’t just open his mouth and wave a magic wand to freeze rents. speak up for crying out loud.