Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Will Move To Gracie Mansion In January

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is setting his sights on the Upper East Side as he plans to move to Gracie Mansion once he takes office in January.

Mamdani in a statement on Monday said the decision came down to his family's safety and dedicating all of his focus on his affordability agenda.

"While I may no longer live in Astoria, Astoria will always live inside me and the work I do."

Gracie Mansion has been the official home of New York City mayors for decades, dating back to Fiorello La Guardia.

"My wife Rama and I have made the decision to move into Gracie Mansion in January.

We will miss much about our home in Astoria. Cooking dinner side by side in our kitchen, sharing a sleepy elevator ride with our neighbors in the evening, hearing music and laughter vibrate through the walls of the apartment.

To Astoria: thank you for showing us the best of New York City. We have called this neighborhood home as our city weathered a devastating pandemic, cruel attacks on immigrants, and years of an affordability crisis. Time and again, this community has shown up for one another.

We will miss it all - the endless Adeni chai, the spirited conversations in Spanish, Arabic and every language in between, the aromas of seafood and shawarma drifting down the block."