Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed five new members and reappointed one to the city’s Rent Guidelines Board on Wednesday — a move that gives his selections a majority on the panel and moves him one step closer toward enacting the rent freeze that he promised while campaigning last year.
The nine-member board sets annual rent adjustments for the city’s rent-stabilized apartments, lofts, and single-room occupancy units. Mamdani, who made a rent freeze a cornerstone of his mayoral campaign, now holds a majority of the board’s appointments ahead of its June vote on new rent levels.
