Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Monday that he and his wife are moving into Gracie Mansion, the traditional home of most NYC mayors — but whether he will still hold on to his rent-stabilized apartment in Queens is unclear.

The 34-year-old outgoing Queens Assembly member and his wife will move into the Upper East Side home, a historic landmark located within Carl Schurz Park and overlooking the East River, when he takes office on Jan. 1. He announced the decision on Instagram on Dec. 8.

Mamdani said he made the decision to move uptown for safety reasons and to focus on the affordability agenda he pushed during his campaign. At the forefront of that agenda is freezing rent for 2 million stabilized tenants, impacting about a quarter of all NYC apartments, and creating “fast and free” buses.

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