{"id":319413,"date":"2026-08-12T11:28:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319413\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:28:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:28:54","slug":"mayor-mamdani-addresses-pied-a-terre-drama-tps-in-exclusive-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319413\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani addresses pied-\u00e0-terre drama, TPS in exclusive interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tHenry Rosoff and Emily Rahhal<\/p>\n<p>\t\t15 hours ago\n<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) \u2014 With expiring immigration protections and a new tax stuck in the courts, uncertainty circles City Hall. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani sat down for an exclusive interview with PIX11 News\u2019 Henry Rosoff to discuss wide-ranging topics from the <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/judge-pauses-mayor-mamdanis-tax-on-luxury-second-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">pied-\u00e0-terre tax<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/nyc-terminates-dozens-of-haitian-employees-after-supreme-court-tps-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Temporary Protected Status ending for Haitians and Syrians. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Mamdani responds to pied-\u00e0-terre drama <\/p>\n<p>The mayor is appealing a Staten Island judge\u2019s temporary pause on the rollout of the pied-\u00e0-terre tax, delivered Monday in court. Despite the legal drama, Mamdani remains undeterred. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe disagree with the judge\u2019s ruling on this case; however, we continue to be confident in both the importance of this surcharge on secondary homes\u2026 and our implementation of it,\u201d Mamdani told PIX11 News. \u201cWe are moving forward on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of city employees terminated after TPS ends<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for City Hall told PIX11 News dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/nyc-nurses-rally-to-protect-haitian-healthcare-workers-from-deportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Haitian employees<\/a> were dismissed from their jobs after the Supreme Court allowed Trump to end TPS. <\/p>\n<p>But why not protest by keeping city employees on the payroll? Mamdani addressed the possible risks. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe major reason is that we don\u2019t want to hurt these New Yorkers\u2019 attempts at retaining legal status,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cWhat we don\u2019t want to do is try and make a political point at the expense of these New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayor addresses wife Rama Duwaji\u2019s upcoming trip<\/p>\n<p>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/11\/us-news\/nypd-denies-city-hall-claim-rama-duwaji-will-get-police-escort-on-syria-lebanon-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">New York Post reported<\/a> discrepancies between City Hall and the NYPD, the mayor says Duwaji will travel next month to Syria and Lebanon without an NYPD detail. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the video player for the full interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Henry Rosoff and Emily Rahhal 15 hours ago NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) \u2014 With expiring immigration protections and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-319413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}