{"id":318294,"date":"2026-08-11T01:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318294\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T01:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:36:07","slug":"judge-temporarily-blocks-mamdanis-pied-a-terre-tax-on-second-homes-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318294\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge temporarily blocks Mamdani\u2019s pied-\u00e0-terre tax on second homes | New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

A judge has temporarily blocked Zohran Mamdani<\/a>\u2019s pied-\u00e0-terre tax<\/a>, which would place a surcharge on second homes in New York City<\/a>, dealing a blow to the progressive New York City mayor after homeowners sued over the policy.<\/p>\n

The tax would apply to<\/a> people who own, but do not reside full-time in, any house worth more than $5m, or a condominium or cooperative unit worth at least $1m.<\/p>\n

The temporary, emergency pause comes after a group of homeowners filed a lawsuit against the mayor and the city\u2019s finance director over the tax last week. They allege the city wrongly identified their homes as potentially subject to the surcharge despite the properties serving as their primary residences.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city has arbitrarily and capriciously foisted onto New York<\/a> City residents the burden of proving they are not subject to the surcharge,\u201d reads the complaint filed on Friday.<\/p>\n

The temporary pause was issued by a state judge on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported<\/a>, and means the city is barred from issuing any additional letters notifying homeowners of their potential tax liability and taking down a public list of properties. The city published a tax roll of about 960,000 owners who could be subject to the tax. It also sent notices to 17,000 addresses.<\/p>\n

Announcing the tax in April, Mamdani and Kathy Hochul<\/a>, the New York governor, said it was expected to generate $500m in annual revenue. Mamdani\u2019s critics accuse the democratic socialist mayor of targeting the wealthy, while others have welcomed the tax<\/a>, seeing it as a helpful way to raise revenue from affluent property owners in a city grappling with a high cost of living.<\/p>\n

The proposed tax on multimillion-dollar second homes, known as pied-\u00e0-terres, comes as Democrats are trying to address<\/a> voter concerns about affordability<\/a> ahead of this year\u2019s midterm elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Critics, including prominent business leaders, Republicans and some moderate Democrats, have warned that slapping new taxes on rich people who maintain apartments and townhouses in New York, but don\u2019t consider it their primary home, will lead the very wealthy to abandon the city.<\/p>\n

In a statement to the Guardian, Matt Rauschenbach, a spokesperson for Mamdani, criticized the ruling and said the mayor\u2019s office planned to appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe disagree with today\u2019s ruling, but we are confident in both the pied-\u00e0-terre surcharge and the City\u2019s ability to implement it fairly and effectively,\u201d Rauschenbach said. \u201cThis surcharge asks those who own second homes valued at $5 million or more to contribute their fair share to the city they benefit from. The Law Department will appeal the ruling immediately which will stay the order, and the City will continue with the pied-a-terre\u2019s implementation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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