Judge blocks Mamdani’s second-home tax rollout, tells city to start over
A Staten Island judge blocked New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s effort to institute a new tax on high-end second homes, telling him to start the effort over.
TL;DR
- A Staten Island judge blocked New York City's pied-à-terre tax on high-end second homes.
- The ruling favored homeowners who sued over the tax implementation method.
- The judge found the city's online list of nearly 1 million properties and broad notices to be problematic.
- New York City is ordered to remove the broad list and issue more specific notices.
- The tax measure had also sparked a public disagreement between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former President Donald Trump.