When New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani talks about his apartment troubles, it’s a story many New Yorkers can relate to. The Indian-American Democratic socialist, who recently scripted history by winning the city’s mayoral polls, is not shy about sharing the realities of everyday life.

“My wife and I have just talked about the fact that a one-bedroom is a little too small for us now,” he said recently on The New Yorker Radio Hour. The remark came after he described how a leaky sink had him spending a morning blanketing the floor with towels.

At USD 2,300 a month, his one-bedroom rental in Astoria is modest by city standards. The 800-square-foot apartment, built in 1929, includes heat and hot water, as mandated by city law, but no in-unit laundry. Instead, the couple shares a comm

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