Zohran Mamdani on Freezing Rent, Making NYC Affordable Again & Who’s Really Stopping Him

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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YERRR – Zohran Mamdani pulled up and the boys got political in the most Flagrant way possible. From NYC rent wars to taking on Albany, Mamdani’s not pulling punches.We’re talkin’:– NYC Cost of living crisis– Rent control, red tape, and housing as a human right– Opposition from the Dems, and the pressure to deliver– And of course, the bench press problemAll that and more on this week’s episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE. 00:00 Zohran's number + NYC Olympics 1:08 Hopefully doesn't go wrong 1:30 Running for something + Cost of Living 6:10 This will be a war vs Albany 10:07 No-one's leaving NYC + Special interest groups 15:38 Does Mamdani want DOGE? 17:39 Rent freeze, control & stabilisation 21:29 How do we build more housing? Red Tape 27:58 HSTPA + Collecting from Landlords 38:50 Housing as a commodity + Mamdani wants to try 44:02 Mamdani's moments that broke through 45:45 Immense opposition + Case study 51:33 Indians kicked out of Uganda + London is ish 57:16 Pressure to deliver + Challenging status quo 1:03:55 Why haven't all Dems supported him? 1:06:40 The role of Islamophobia in this campaign 1:10:01 We hope Mamdani can deliver 1:12:05 Bench press problem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You should have come through we were at Maharaja Sweets in Jackson Heights.
0:03.0	Hey, dude.
0:04.0	I would love to.
0:05.0	All right, next time I'll let you know. I'm gonna get your number because the Com's team ducks me. So I'm gonna get your direct number. Take it. I'm gonna get it after this episode. I'll give it right now, bro. Because they'll probably yank me. Yeah, yeah. We gotta start this immediately. Dar runs a tight ship.
0:21.0	Yeah, dude, she don't around.
0:22.0	She does not.
0:23.0	Feel free you can share with everybody here. We gotta start this immediately. Dar runs a tight ship.
0:22.1	Yeah, dude, she don't run around.
0:22.9	She does not.
0:24.7	Feel free you can share with everybody here.
0:25.7	Okay, beautiful.
0:27.2	Socialism.
0:28.3	I'm so...
0:30.7	Talk guys.
0:32.2	Are we rolling?
0:36.2	I'm so mad that you guys did the New York City Olympics.
0:38.4	Because I hit that guy up.
0:39.7	I was watching Subway Takes.
0:52.6	And I'm forgetting the guy's name right now. My dad. But he goes, we should have like a New York City Olympics where the boroughs compete. And I DM'd, I didn't DM Kareem, I DM the guy. I go, let's make this happen. Like, I am down. And he goes, how would we do that? And I go, we'll find a way.
0:56.2	And then I see you a few weeks later, like, we're doing it.
0:56.4	Everybody come out, where are you?
0:58.6	Far Rockaway or something?
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