Mamdani announced the move in a statement on social media, writing, “My wife Rama and I have made the decision to move into Gracie Mansion in January.” He said their current home in Astoria, Queens, holds deep personal meaning. “Our home… will always live inside me and my work,” he wrote, adding that the choice was guided by safety concerns and the need to concentrate fully on the “affordability agenda New Yorkers voted for.”