NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo is demanding that his opponent in New York City’s mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani, vacate his rent stabilized apartment, while pushing a longshot proposal that would bar other middle-class renters from accessing much of the city’s housing.

The attacks in the New York City mayor’s race may have veered into the personal, but they also reflected a larger debate on who should benefit from government regulation of housing costs.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is criticizing New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani for living in a rent-stabilized apartment. The independent mayoral candidate says if elected, he would propose what he's calling "Zohran's Law" to block higher income New Yorkers from living in rent-stabilized units.