Andrew Schulz expresses skepticism regarding the long-term effectiveness of rent control policies for improving housing accessibility in New York.

“My fear is if you freeze rents for half the city, well, what kind of pressure does that put on the free market rents? These are frozen. Nobody's leaving those. So, these over here are going to go way higher.”

Charlamagne tha God argues that Shahana Hanif and other progressive politicians like Zoran Mamdani have successfully connected with constituents by prioritizing tangible local improvements.

“I'm not saying he's not. I'm saying what is the effective thing for you? >> I think he's got a lot of things done in New York and I think he's the most effective messenger >> in the Democratic party.”