NYC’s Adams Pushes Rent Board Changes Before Freeze (Correct)

Outgoing New York Mayor Eric Adams is racing to fill key positions before Zohran Mamdani takes office, including on the powerful Rent Guidelines Board, which could undermine the incoming mayor’s pledge to freeze rents on more than 1 million stabilized apartments.

First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro said Adams plans to appoint and reappoint several members to the rental board before he steps down at year-end and is considering candidates who have put their names forward to fill vacant spots. The mayor could secure a majority of appointees whose terms would extend beyond Adams’s final days in office, Mastro said ...