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Democratic candidate for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and his wife, Rama Duwaji vote in the New York City mayoral election at a polling site at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School in Astoria, Queens, on Nov. 4, 2025. <\/p>\n
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani<\/a> said Monday that he and his wife are moving into Gracie Mansion<\/a>, the traditional home of most NYC mayors \u2014 but whether he will still hold on to his rent-stabilized apartment in Queens is unclear.<\/p>\n The 34-year-old outgoing Queens Assembly member and his wife will move into the Upper East Side home, a historic landmark located within Carl Schurz Park and overlooking the East River, when he takes office on Jan. 1. He announced the decision on Instagram on Dec. 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mamdani said he made the decision to move uptown for safety reasons and to focus on the affordability agenda he pushed during his campaign. At the forefront of that agenda is freezing rent for 2 million stabilized tenants, impacting about a quarter of all NYC apartments, and creating \u201cfast and free\u201d buses<\/a>. Although Mamdani\u2019s rent-freeze promise is ambitious, he has said he would help make it happen by appointing Rent Guidelines Board members who would vote to keep stabilized rents flat each year.<\/p>\n \u201cThis decision came down to our family\u2019s safety and the importance of dedicating all of my focus on enacting the affordability agenda New Yorkers voted for,\u201d he wrote in the post.<\/p>\n Although Gracie Mansion, built in 1799, is known as the official residence of the mayor of NYC, not every mayor chooses to live there. The last two mayors \u2014 outgoing Eric Adams and his predecessor, Bill de Blasio \u2014 took up residence at Gracie Mansion, but before them, Michael Bloomberg chose to live in his own private Manhattan home during his three consecutive terms in office.\u00a0<\/p>\n The historic home is a two-story Federal-style house located at East End Avenue and 88th Street. It boasts five bedrooms and five bathrooms on its 11,000 square feet of living space. According to the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, it is one of the oldest surviving wooden structures in Manhattan. It has gone through multiple renovations, including in 2002 when the interior and exterior were renovated to increase accessibility to the public and city agencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mamdani is the first mayor since Ed Koch to have previously lived in a rent-stabilized or rent-controlled apartment. Koch moved into Gracie Mansion in 1978 after his election as the city\u2019s 105th mayor, but retained his rent-controlled apartment in Greenwich Village<\/a> during his three terms in office.<\/p>\n While the politician reminisced that he would miss his home in Queens, he did not say whether he or his family would still pay the rent on the stabilized, in-demand one-bedroom apartment. amNewYork contacted the mayor-elect\u2019s team to inquire about the future of the dwelling, but is awaiting a response.\u00a0<\/p>\n During the campaign trail, Mamdani\u2019s living situation became a heated topic of debate among the mayoral contenders. His main opponent, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, razzed him over his occupancy of a rent-stabilized apartment while earning over $140,000 from his job in state government.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Outgoing](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3111-copy.jpg\" "\\"Mamdani")
Mayor Eric Adams speaking to reporters at Gracie Mansion. Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.Photo by Ethan Stark-Miller<\/p>\n