Champagne Socialist Zohran Mamdani slammed for hogging $2,300 apartment — despite six-figure salary, wealthy family

NY Post ^ | 8/09/25 | Rich Calder, Samantha Olander, Katherine Donlevy

[BradyLS]

Aside: this has always been a head-scratcher for me:

If: it’s good to walk the walk but bad to talk the talk…

Then: …Why is it good when money talks but bad when bullshiite walks?

[bak3r]

Most places these days require 5x the rent in income to qualify. Depending on the situation he may barely qualify for this apartment. I have however seen as low as 3x.

[Political Junkie Too]

Did he break a law? Probably not.

That's why he's being "tried" in the "court" of public opinion.

Just like I predicted on July 27:

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Meanwhile, Zorhan Mamdani lives in a rent-stabilized 1-bedroom apartment in Astoria, Queens, by his own account paying a monthly rent in the low $2,000s (as of a 2019 tweet).

And, his mother lives in a $2 million luxury loft in Chelsea, the family owns a 4 acre compound in the wealthiest neighborhood near the Ugandan capital with military-style security, and another family home in Delhi, India.

Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams must use the lavish wedding to ask:

1. How he qualified for rent-stabilized housing given his family's documented wealth; when did he obtain the apartment?

2. What were his income/assets at that time?

3. Is he the primary leaseholder, or did his now-wife have the apartment first?

The candidates must ask the voters whether if it is appropriate for someone with access to family properties worth $2+ million to occupy subsidized housing in New York City?

And then close the deal by asking the voters if they want to pay taxes for free busing and free grocery stores while the mayor is living in subsidized housing when his family is owns millions of dollars of property internationally?

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-PJ

[healy61]

Madmammy is a grifter.

[tina07]

Yeah, I like how that’s considered cheap?