Cuomo’s attack on Mamdani’s apartment struck a New York nerve

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2025-08-18 23:01

The former governor has turned to an increasingly caustic approach in his campaign.
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August 18, 2025

When former Gov. Andrew Cuomo unexpectedly attacked Zohran Mamdani, who makes $142,000 a year as a state assemblyman, for living in a rent-stabilized apartment in Queens, it struck a nerve with New Yorkers.

Andrew Cuomo speaks into a microphone with a woman behind him; on the right, Zohran Mamdani speaks into a microphone.

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The particulars were bitterly personal. →

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