A powerful family in Southampton, New York bought the mayor's home in an apparent effort to make him a non-resident and ineligible to run for reelection

NYPost on the ongoing battle (the mayor is refusing to move out until he has secured new lodging):

[A] powerful and wealthy Hamptons clan — purchased [the mayor]’s rental home in July 2020 ... With the pandemic turning the Hamptons rental market into a feeding frenzy, it was difficult for the mayor to immediately find a new place.