New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has delivered the rent freeze he promised voters last year. The measure approved last week will cover more than 2 million tenants across the city — and the movement is spreading beyond the Big Apple. Activists in Massachusetts, California and elsewhere are pushing for rent control while getting stiff pushback from landlord groups.
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