Gracie Mansion Is A Free House - Why Don't Mayors Want To Live There?

By
Jim O'Grady
WNYC News | May 5, 2021

More than a dozen candidates are vying to be New York's next mayor. The winner will be offered a major perk: the chance to live rent-free at historic Gracie Mansion overlooking the East River, one of the sweetest deals in the city. But that raises a question for reporter Jim O'Grady: "Why have so many mayors turned it down?"

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