Zohran Mamdani ’s victory over Andrew Cuomo in last month’s New York Democratic mayoral primary has generated plenty of discussion. The self-avowed socialist’s plan to build city-run grocery ...

Zohran Mamdani is an ideologue who has never held a real-world job subjecting him to the law's confines — so the question of whether he can legally implement his promises seems irrelevant to him.

The new law is playing out amid New York City’s deep housing shortage, which drives up rents, prices out many tenants, and has become a defining issue in the city's mayoral race.