Who Rents, Who Owns & What They Pay
By: Matthew Sedacca | Published: 2025-06-04 17:30:00 | Source: www.curbed.com
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As you are probably aware by now, the residency requirements to become mayor of New York City are quite lax. You can sort of live in New Jersey or spend years mansion-surfing between Westchester and the Hamptons and still legally become mayor as long as you live in the five boroughs come Election Day.
So where do our would-be mayors live this time around? With the Democratic primary less than three weeks away (and a debate on Wednesday), we wanted to take a look at how the candidates live. Do they rent or own? Which neighborhood? Perhaps most tantalizingly, How much do they pay? The subject is also…