A New York judge on Monday temporarily blocked NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new pied-à-terre tax, which hits New Yorkers who own a valuable second home.
Last month, Mamdani implemented a so-called luxury property tax on second homes valued at $5 million or more. The property tax also affected certain co-ops valued over $1 million.
Mamdani doxxed the homeowners after his Department of Finance published a database listing the names and addresses of the 960,000 properties.
“As per State law, a property roll was released for public inspection. From this list, DOF will identify properties that may be subject to the new non-primary residence property surcharge,” a Mamdani spox previously told Fox News.
Affluent homeowners said the database and doxxing could lead to harassment and violence.
Homeowners filed a lawsuit in New York’s Supreme Court to stop Mamdani’s property tax
The lawsuit argues that New York City bungled the execution of the new tax by “arbitrarily and capriciously” forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to prove they do not owe the tax.
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