Cuomo Blasts Mamdani for His Rent-Stabilized Unit. But He Had One, Too.
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has repeatedly criticized his rival, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, for living in a rent-stabilized apartment, occupied a rent-stabilized unit himself when he was a young professional living in New York City in the 1980s.
As Mr. Cuomo, now 67, began his career as a lawyer, he lived in a studio apartment in Sunnyside, Queens. The apartment building, which has 51 units, was built in 1960. That would have made it subject to rent stabilization under New York State law because it was constructed before 1974 and contained at least six units.
Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Mr. Cuomo, did not deny that Mr. Cuomo lived in a rent-stabilized apartment, but he sought to downplay its significance.
“At the time, they were all rent-stabilized units,” Mr. Azzopardi said.
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