Among Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s big campaign promises was a pledge to freeze rent for the more than two million New York City residents currently living in rent stabilized housing.
While it is a popular policy, it is getting some pushback, led by Kenny Burgos, who considers Mamdani a friend.
The two overlapped for several years in high school at Bronx Science but really got to know each other when they sat side-by-side in the New York State Assembly for four years, before Burgos stepped down to become CEO of the New York Apartment Association and represent rent-stabilized property owners and managers…