Andrew Cuomo is demanding that his opponent in New York City’s mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani, vacate his rent stabilized apartment, while pushing a longshot proposal that would bar other middle-class renters from accessing much of the city’s housing.

Zohran Mamdani has linked Andrew Cuomo, his New York mayoral rival, to the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Mr Mamdani, the Democratic socialist candidate, called on the former New York governor to “release the Cuomo list” in a 90-second attack video.

Think you know where the candidates for New York mayor are coming from? Think again. With less than 90 days to go before Election Day, the candidates are all migrating toward the political center, dropping old positions and adopting new ones, freely copying one another’s policies and style along the way.