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Bill Ackman slams NYC Mayor's rent freeze as housing crisis driver

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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's housing policies, arguing that rent freezes and restrictive building regulations are exacerbating the city's affordability crisis. Ackman contends that these left-wing policies, rather than capitalism, are the primary drivers of high housing costs. He specifically pointed to the recent Rent Guidelines Board decision to freeze rents on nearly one million apartments as a detrimental move that will worsen the situation by discouraging new construction and increasing costs for market-rate units. AI

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Bill Ackman slams NYC Mayor's rent freeze as housing crisis driver

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Nick Lichtenberg ·

    ‘Socialism is a disaster’: Bill Ackman says Zohran Mamdani’s bad left-wing housing policy is worsening New York’s affordability crisis

    "Left-wing mayors have made it very difficult for developers to build here," Ackman told Fortune. He highlighted Ken Griffin as a key example.

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