How a Rent Freeze for Some Tenants Would Fuel Hikes for Others
Zohran Mamdani vows to pause rent hikes for regulated tenants. But more than half of rentals aren’t subject to those controls and getting pricier fast as landlords’ bills pile up. This article originally appeared in The City. By Greg David Bronx Voice October 21, 2025 NEW YORK - Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s promise of a four-year rent freeze for the city’s nearly 1 million regulated apartments is designed to make New York affordable for the people who live in them. But, real estate experts warn, it will make the city more expensive for the New Yorkers occupying the 1.1 million market rate units, who are the people who have borne the biggest burden of skyrocketing rents over the past four years. While overall those people have more income to pay higher rents, they too are being priced out of the market. “Freezing rent for stabilized units means that market-rate units will face higher annual increa...
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