Zellnor Myrie, Brad Lander, Adrienne Adams and Zohran Mamdani held a joint presser
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- Four mayoral candidates — Zohran Mamdani, Brad Lander, Zellnor Myrie and Adrienne Adams — held a joint press conference criticizing Andrew Cuomo’s housing record and his ties to the real estate industry.
- The candidates, who have varying stances on specific housing issues, highlighted Cuomo’s housing plan, the millions he’s received from real estate donors and his overall impact on housing affordability in New York City.
- The event was organized by the New York State Tenant Bloc; the Working Families Party urged supporters to rank the four candidates to elbow out Cuomo in the mayoral race.
Four mayoral candidates joined forces on Friday against a common enemy: Andrew Cuomo. More specifically, they bashed one of the former governor’s favorite — and most powerful — allies, the real estate industry.
Assembly member Zohran Mamdani, Comptroller Brad Lander, Sen. Zellnor Myrie and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams stood outside City Hall, in front of a crowd holding signs that read “Freeze the Rent,” “Cuomo’s Housing Crisis,” “Andrew Cuomo = Your Landlord’s Favorite Candidate” and “Real Estate Out of Politics.”
The candidates, each with differing stances on those sentiments, took turns criticizing Cuomo, who entered the race in March and quickly became the frontrunner. They highlighted his housing record, the typo-ridden housing plan he released this week and the fact that his campaign has raked in millions of dollars from real estate donors in the short time since declaring his candidacy.
The event, organized by the far-left tenant advocacy group New York State Tenant Bloc, featured candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party. Ana Maria Archila, co-director of the New York WFP, urged the crowd to rank all four candidates as the best strategy to ensure one can elbow Cuomo out of the running. Speakers repeatedly urged against ranking “your landlord’s favorite mayoral candidate,” Cuomo, and occasionally reminded the crowd to also leave out Mayor Eric Adams…