From a $2,300 one-bedroom in Queens to possibly the 11,000-square-foot Gracie Mansion, New York’s first Muslim mayor Zohran Mamdani might be in for the ultimate housing upgrade.
00:00Eric Adams has chosen to make this city more expensive for the people who keep it running.
00:06From a modest one-bedroom apartment in Queens, the internet's current obsession, Zohran Mamdani,
00:11might possibly be moving into the historic Gracie Mansion in Manhattan as New York City's next mayor.
00:17In Astoria, Queens, Mamdani lives in an 800-square-foot one-bedroom apartment in a 1929 building.
00:23The rent is around $2,300 per month.
00:25Heat and hot water included, no in-unit laundry, but a shared communal room instead.
00:30He recently joked about a leaking sink his wife and he covered with towels while waiting for the building caretaker.
00:35Contrast that with Gracie Mansion, the 226-year-old mayoral residence on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
00:41A sprawling 11,000-square-foot federal-style home built in 1799,
00:46with antique furniture, chandeliers, full-time chef and 24-7 security.
00:50However, the move fully depends on Mamdani, who apparently hasn't decided on it just yet.
00:55He told the New Yorker radio art that my wife and I have just talked about the fact that a one-bedroom apartment is a little too small for us now.
01:03But I don't yet have an answer on where I'm going to be living, but I can tell you where I'm going to be working, and that's City Hall.
01:10This housing question is symbolic.
01:12Staying in Queens would reinforce his working-class identity living among everyday New Yorkers,
01:17while moving to Gracie Mansion would embrace the mayor's office tradition and accept perks and responsibilities of power.
01:23The city now watches out for Mamdani's next move.
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