New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces his comprehensive housing plan Block by Block, with Leila Bozorg (L), deputy mayor for housing and planning, and Cea Weaver (R), director of the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn on May 26, 2026. Nicholas Zifcak/The Epoch Times
NEW YORK CITY—Mayor Zohran Mamdani has launched an ambitious housing plan to build 200,000 new units in New York City over 10 years, but also to preserve another 200,000 units through subsidy or possibly a forced takeover.
In extreme cases of landlord neglect, the city will step in to force a sale.
