New York, June 26, 2026 (AFP) - New York votes to freeze rents for some homes in win for mayor

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New York, which has some of the priciest rents in America, voted to freeze rents for some properties subject to rent stabilization by the city, media reported Thursday in a win for leftist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Nearly a million properties in the Big Apple subject to so-called "rent stabilization" will not see their rents hiked, delivering on a campaign promise made by Mamdani, who identifies as a Democratic socialist. A preliminary vote in May by......

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