New York City’s Suburbs Heat Up as Residents Move in Anticipation of a Mamdani Win

New York City’s suburban housing markets are heating up in anticipation of the upcoming mayoral election on Nov. 4. Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, is leading in the polls, and his housing policies have some wealthy residents eyeing the exits to the suburbs. Zach and Heather Harrison, Westchester-based real estate agents representing The Harrison Team at Compass, are already tracking a spike in Manhattan residents reaching out about suburban properties. "We are absolutely seeing a correlation between Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in the Democratic primary and an uptick in real estate interest in Westchester," Zach and Heather tell Realtor.com®. "Since...