Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has pledged to “freeze the rent” for tenants in New York City's 1 million regulated apartments — a three-word vow that's helped catapult him to front-runner status in the mayoral race.

But getting it done may require him to fire members of the city's Rent Guidelines Board if he wins the general election on Nov. 4 and takes office in January.

That’s where things get complicated, rent law experts say.

The nine-member board votes each year to raise or — as it's done on only three occasions in its nearly six-decade history — freeze rents on stabilized apartments. Six of the current members are continuing to serve on a temporary basis after their original terms expired , meaning the current or next mayor could simply reappoint or replace them.

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