Why Cuomo is wrong about Mamdani’s rent-stabilized apartment

Like any good socialist, Zohran Mamdani is familiar with the Marxist phrase, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” Mamdani says he was making $47,000 a year when he moved into his rent-stabilized apartment, which he found on StreetEasy. Maybe he needed a low-rent unit then. But now he makes $142,000, his wife also works, and his parents are wealthy. Clearly, Mamdani is getting more than he needs. Karl Marx would not approve. Now along comes Andrew Cuomo, calling on his rival mayoral candidate to give up the $2,300-a-month one-bedroom in Astoria. Cuomo also pitched […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.