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Politics
David James

Zohran Mamdani seizes money straight out of New York landlords’ bank accounts, uses it to repair their properties

Zohran Mamdani repeatedly vowed to fight against New York’s “worst landlords” during his election campaign. Now he’s living up to that promise by coming for them where it hurts: their bank balances.

Mamdani has unveiled his plan to nail slippery landlords to the wall, and yesterday specifically called out Karan Singh and Rajmattie Persaud, who between them have “over a thousand violations for lack of heat, lack of hot water, hazardous mold, lead paint, broken elevators in 17-story buildings, roaches, and mice.”

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