Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani mentioned Monday he plans to maneuver into Gracie Mansion, the New York Metropolis mayor’s conventional official residence, upon inauguration in January.
“This decision came down to our family’s safety and the importance of dedicating all of my focus on enacting the affordability agenda New Yorkers voted for,” Mamdani mentioned in an announcement.
The mayor-elect had dodged the query since his election regardless of saying beforehand that he deliberate to maneuver into the Higher East Facet digs.
He and his spouse, Rama Duwaji, presently reside in a rent-stabilized one-bedroom residence in Astoria.
The transfer will mark an enormous way of life shift for the long run mayor and his spouse — as a substitute of cramped quarters and plumbing points in his Queens one-bedroom, Mamdani will now have 11,000 sq. toes, a garden with sweeping views of the East River and kitchen workers at his disposal.
Nearly all New York Metropolis mayors have lived at Gracie Mansion, apart from Mayor Bloomberg, who as a substitute opted to proceed dwelling at his close by townhouse.
Different previous mayors, like Fiorello LaGuardia, had voiced considerations concerning the optics of dwelling in an opulent mansion while representing working individuals — a steadiness Mamdani nodded to in his announcement.
“My priority, always, is serving the people who call this city home,” he mentioned. “I will be a mayor for the line cooks on Steinway, for the children swinging at Dutch Kills Playground, for the bus riders waiting for the Q101. While I may no longer live in Astoria, Astoria will always live inside me and the work I do.”
