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EPISODE · Jul 30, 2026 · 26 MIN

Socialist Mamdani's Rent Freeze Sends NYC Rents To Record Highs

from News For Reasonable People · host Sean Reynolds

Zoran Mamdani ran on affordability. Then Manhattan and Brooklyn posted the highest rents ever recorded. Critics are pointing at two policies: a rent freeze on a million units, and New York City's sanctuary status — which invited hundreds of thousands of new residents who all needed somewhere to live.The economics are not a mystery. Freeze rents on existing stock and developers stop building, landlords stop maintaining, and supply collapses while demand climbs. Pair that with a city that told the world to come on in, and you get exactly what New York got — record rents delivered by the man who promised to end them.Sean also pulls the thread to Seattle, where Katie Wilson is running the identical playbook: same party, same promises, same policies, same predictable result. Meanwhile Texas and Florida are building their way out of the crisis while blue cities regulate and freeze and act surprised when nobody can afford a studio apartment.CHAPTERS0:00 Mamdani ripped over record-high NYC…1:30 NYC Rents Soar Despite Mamdani's…2:38 Why Government Cannot Make Builders…4:05 Florida and Texas Carry U.S. Housing…5:03 NYC Rent Freeze on One Million Units6:12 Manhattan and Brooklyn Rents Hit…7:39 New York's Foreign-Born Renters and…9:01 Sanctuary Cities Worsen the Housing…10:13 Dallas Fed Links Immigration to Rising…12:12 Brandon Gill on Immigrants and Housing…13:24 Abbott's Migrant Buses Overwhelm Blue…14:41 Mark Levine's Housing Solutions Fall…16:52 Texas and Florida Oversupply Drives…18:46 Mamdani's Housing Promises vs Wilson's…20:18 Mamdani Celebrates Rent Freeze as…23:56 Rent Freezes Kill Incentives to BuildSubscribe to @reasonablenews and hit the notification bell for daily commentary on the stories the mainstream press buries.#NFRP #Mamdani #NYCGO PREMIUM WITH REASONABLE+ FOR UNCENSORED ACCESS 🌟https://ReasonableTV.com/🛍️ MERCH - https://Store.ReasonableTV.com/💬 JOIN our FREE Discord Community! Share stories, chat with fellow enthusiasts, and stay in the loop: https://discord.com/invite/uJGWFpgDcY👍🏼 SMASH that LIKE button & SUBSCRIBE for daily videos that dive into the latest news! https://youtube.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeopleSTAY CONNECTED:🔗 Rumble - https://Rumble.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 Facebook - https://www.Facebook.com/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 iTunes - https://Apple.co/2MkFziJ🔗 Spotify - https://Spoti.fi/2Dh8EoL

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