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\n Andrew Cuomo, New York City mayoral candidate and former New York governor, speaks during a press conference on August 4, 2025, in New York City.
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While the rhetoric in the city\u2019s mayoral race has become more heated as November draws closer, things took an even more personal turn this week. On Friday, Andrew Cuomo<\/a> slammed Zohran Mamdani <\/a>for living in a rent-stabilized apartment, invoking both his wife and parents and suggesting his choice to remain in that apartment is causing someone else to be homeless.<\/p>\n Somewhere last night in New York City, a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because you, assemblyman @ZohranKMamdani<\/a> are occupying her rent controlled apartment. <\/p>\n You grew up rich and married an even wealthier woman. You\u2019ve had weddings on 3 continents.\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/kWXUI0MxdA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mvYZfCO8Af<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Andrew Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) August 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cSomewhere last night in New York City, a single mother and her children slept at a homeless shelter because you, assemblyman @ZohranKMamdani are occupying her rent controlled apartment,\u201d Cuomo said in the lengthy post.<\/p>\n The former governor claimed the assemblymember \u201cgrew up rich,\u201d an apparent reference to his parents, a film director and a Columbia University professor, and said that Mamdani went on to marry \u201can even wealthier woman.\u201d Cuomo then knocked Mamdani for traveling to his home country of Uganda to celebrate his recent marriage and cited his publicly reported $142,000 salary as a lawmaker. \u201cNo matter which way you cut it: Zohran Mamdani is a rich person. You are actually very rich.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cWe are in the middle of a historic affordability crisis. Millions of low income New Yorkers need this apartment and an apartment like it. Yet your apartment remains rented to rich people who don\u2019t need it. Today, I am calling on you to move out immediately and give your affordable housing back to an unhoused family who need it. Leaders must show moral clarity. Time to move out.\u201d<\/p>\n The Mamdani campaign fired back at Cuomo\u2019s missive in a statement. \u201cAndrew Cuomo isn\u2019t just working with Donald Trump \u2014 he\u2019s becoming him. Ranting to reporters, firing off unhinged social media posts, lodging personal attacks \u2014 all to avoid talking about the corruption, sexual harassment, and abuse of power that drove him from office. The only thing missing is a red hat,\u201d campaign spokesperson Dora Pekec said.<\/p>\n Mamdani has been open about his living situation, telling moderators at a primary debate <\/a>that he paid $2,300 a month for his one-bedroom apartment. In that same debate, Cuomo said that he pays about $7,800 for rent.<\/p>\n In a February interview with the New York Editorial Board<\/a>, a group of veteran local journalists, Mamdani said he first found the listing for his apartment on StreetEasy back when he was making $47,000 a year working as a foreclosure-prevention housing counselor.<\/p>\n Mamdani told the group that he ultimately plans to move out of his Astoria home. \u201cIn that time since, I\u2019ve become an assemblymember and I\u2019m now able to pay for that apartment and able to also move out of that apartment and I plan on doing so. I don\u2019t plan on living in that apartment for perpetuity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The former governor\u2019s post was boosted by Shaun Maguire<\/a>, a partner at Sequoia Capital who came under fire last month for offensive comments<\/a> against Mamdani. \u201cIt\u2019s good to see you fighting,\u201d he wrote. By contrast, City Council member Chi Oss\u00e9, a supporter of Mamdani, responded<\/a>, \u201cZohran will move from Astoria to Gracie Mansion on January 1, about two months after you move back to the suburbs.\u201d<\/p>\n Cuomo\u2019s post appears part of a recent shift in social-media strategy<\/a> for his campaign as the former governor\u2019s X account has rattled off a constant series of posts aimed at Mamdani in increasingly personal tones, a likely attempt to make a play at the front-runner\u2019s success online.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s not yet clear that the gambit will pay off. On Wednesday, Cuomo reshared a debate clip where he claimed President Trump would go through Mamdani like \u201ca hot knife through butter,\u201d a message <\/a>that got 434 likes. Mamdani rebutted in his own post<\/a> on Friday, sharing a New York Times article reporting on Cuomo allegedly telling business leaders he \u201cdoesn\u2019t want to fight\u201d with Trump. Mamdani\u2019s response of a knife emoji and a butter emoji received 5,700 likes.<\/p>\n Sign Up for the Intelligencer\u00a0Newsletter<\/p>\n Daily news about the politics, business, and technology shaping our world.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n\n