Andrew Cuomo is demanding that his opponent in New York City’s mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani, vacate his rent stabilized apartment, while pushing a longshot proposal that would bar other middle-class renters from accessing much of the city’s housing.

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has stepped up his attacks on State Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in November’s New York City mayoral election, accusing him of occupying a government-regulated apartment despite his high income.

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday charged that his independent opponent, Andrew Cuomo, sees the city’s nearly one million rent-stabilized tenants as “political pawns,” after the former governor floated a proposal this week to significantly limit who can access those units.