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Conditional trigger
- The market only resolves if Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor in or before January 2026. 
Resolution rule
- Source: the 2029 New York City Housing & Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS) “Selected Initial Findings” total‐housing‐unit estimate for the entire city. 
- Timing: NYCHVS is field-collected Jan–Jun and, by city law, HPD/Census must release headline results in early February 2030. 
- Numeric resolution: the published NYCHVS estimate (no margin-of-error adjustments). 
- Fallback: if NYCHVS 2029 is canceled or never released, the market will use the 2029 American Community Survey 1-year estimates instead. 
Why NYCHVS over ACS?
- Promptness – first public count (Feb 2030) beats ACS's typical September release. 
- Research usage – statutory vacancy test; standard in NYC housing scholarship. 
- Survey methodology – door-to-door verification reduces undercounts of hidden or vacant units. 
Benchmark for traders
- NYCHVS 2023: 3,705,000 housing units 
- ACS 2023 1-year: 3,706,562 housing units ( +1,562; +0.04% higher than NYCHVS) 
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