Mayor Mamdani Is Moving On Up to Gracie Mansion
The New York Times••nation
Key Points:
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, have started moving from their one-bedroom apartment in Queens to Gracie Mansion, the historic 11,000-square-foot mayoral residence on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
- Mr. Mamdani is scheduled to hold a news conference at Gracie Mansion on Monday afternoon.
- The move marks a significant cultural and political shift from Astoria, a diverse, predominantly immigrant, middle-class neighborhood known for its progressive politics, to the more traditional and affluent Upper East Side.
- Mamdani has lived in his rent-stabilized Astoria apartment since 2019, paying $2,300 monthly, and has built his political identity around the neighborhood’s multicultural
