Rent-Free in Gracie Mansion

So the mayor-elect of the city is a Ugandan Muslim socialist. How did he win?

Two of the reasons are me. I moved to the city 48 years ago. My studio apartment was a converted cubicle in an early last-century office building. Walls and ceiling were covered with dabs of white material like cake frosting: asbestos in a can. When I forgot to clean my toaster oven, roaches did it for me. I stayed three years, with successive one-year leases. My first rent was $275 a month, the last $325.