Residents of New York City’s upscale Upper East Side have issued a stark warning to mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, indicating he won’t be met with open arms when he takes up residence in Gracie Mansion.

The democratic socialist, along with his artist wife Rama Duwaji, plans to leave their $2,300-a-month apartment in Queens after his inauguration in January, relocating to the opulent $100 million mansion.

This luxurious mayoral residence is nestled within 11 acres of Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan’s Yorkville neighborhood on the Upper East Side, an area that did not favor Mamdani in the election.

A significant number of local voters had supported Andrew Cuomo, aligning with his pro-Israel stance and his firm approach to crime.

Adam Beckerman, a 66-year-old resident of the Upper East Side, expressed his disapproval to The New York Times, particularly targeting Mamdani’s perspectives on Israel and capitalism.

“He is an entitled, ignorant, anti-capitalist, anti-Westernist ideologue,” Beckerman commented. “I have no dining recommendations for him and will remain cautious.”

‘I don’t think anyone would be unwelcoming to his face,’ said Carly Etzin, 29, who lives up the block from Gracie Mansion.

‘But if you look at the breakdown of voting, this was one of the only neighborhoods that voted against him.’ 

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and his artist wife, Rama Duwaji, will move into the $100 million Gracie Mansion in January

The mayor’s mansion sits in Manhattan’s Yorkville neighborhood of the Upper East Side (pictured) where Mamdani lost the vote

Cuomo won the glamorous neighborhood – the home of Gossip Girl and where houses cost an average of $1.6 million – by 24 points.

However, Mamdani’s election win caused full-blown panic inside the biggest local parenting groups.

Members of Moms of the Upper East Side (MUES) and UES Mommas on Facebook are threatening to flee, families are turning on each other and lifelong New Yorkers are admitting, often for the first time, that they no longer feel safe in the place they once called home.

Robin Reiter, 49, an Upper East Side mom and active member of both groups, previously told the Daily Mail that the collective fear of anti-Semitism and Mamdani’s socialist and progressive views is not a meltdown or hysteria.

She said: ‘We’re moms who are generally afraid for what’s going to happen.’

Reiter, who is Jewish, also claimed that an article in New York Magazine poured gasoline on the fire by portraying the mothers as hysterical after Mamdani won the election.

While many residents have concerns about Mamdani moving to the neighborhood, many others are looking forward to welcoming him. 

Restaurateur Abdul Elenani, who has hosted Mamdani at his establishments, opened a location of Palestinian restaurant, Al Badawi, three blocks from the mansion, earlier this year.

Residents who live near Gracie Mansion (pictured) said they will not be giving the mayor-elect a warm welcome 

The Gracie Mansion’s interiors (pictured in 2013) may soon be decorated with Duwaji’s modern artwork

A spokesman for his restaurant group told The New York Times they hope the mayor and his wife will frequent their business.

‘Wouldn’t it be cool to, like, cater for him and bring that spice that he needs to his life,’ she said. ‘He’s a spicy man.’

The sizeable Gracie Mansion is in stark contrast with the one-bedroom apartment Mamdani and Duwaji have shared for years. 

Built in 1799, the historic Federal-style mansion is owned by the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, and has served as the city’s mayor’s home since 1942.

Its interior – a blend of 18th and 19th-century features with modern touches – may soon be decorated with Duwaji’s modern artwork.

‘We will miss much about our home in Astoria,’ Mamdani wrote in a detailed Instagram statement announcing his move.

‘Cooking dinner side by side in our kitchen, sharing a sleepy elevator ride with our neighbors in the evening, hearing music and laughter vibrate through the walls of the apartment.’

He said the decision to hand over their beloved apartment to another New Yorker and move into the extravagant mayor’s mansion ultimately came down to his family’s safety.

The sizeable Gracie Mansion is in stark contrast with the one-bedroom apartment in Queens Mamdani and Duwaji have shared for years

But the soon-to-be NYC leader assured that he will not abandon his roots when he leaves Astoria.

‘My priority, always, is serving the people who call this city home,’ wrote Mamdani, who moved to NYC from Uganda at age seven.

‘I will be a mayor for the line cooks on Steinway, for the children swinging at Dutch Kills Playground, for the bus riders waiting for the Q101.’

‘While I may no longer live in Astoria, Astoria will always live inside me and the work I do,’ he added.