Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s has gotten closer to his goal of freezing the rent for tenants in about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments after several last-minute moves by now-former Mayor Eric Adams to thwart his plan fell through.
Adams had appointed two new members to the city’s Rent Guidelines Board and reappointed two others late last month before leaving office to ensure his bloc made up of the majority of the nine-person panel for at least the first year of Mamdani’s term.
But two of Adams’ picks for the same vacancy have dropped out in quick succession. One was Merrill Lynch financial advisor Lliam Finn. The other was Center for NYC Neighborhoods Executive Director Christie Peale…