NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo is demanding that his opponent in New York City’s mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani, vacate his rent stabilized apartment, while pushing a longshot proposal that would bar other middle-class renters from accessing much of the city’s housing.

The attacks in the New York City mayor’s race may have veered into the personal, but they also reflected a larger debate on who should benefit from government regulation of housing costs.

President Trump tour. The Democratic socialist on Tuesday again spent a stop on his weeklong “Five Boroughs Against Trump” tour instead bashing his mayoral election rival Andrew Cuomo — calling the pugilistic ex-gov “petty” amid their escalating spat over Mamdani’s $2,