Judge Orders NYC to Scrap Pied-à-Terre Tax Rollout
The ruling found the city’s notices and property roll were arbitrary and required individualized determinations before any new mailings.
- On Tuesday, New York State Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi ordered the Mamdani administration to halt its pied-a-terre tax rollout, forcing the city to rescind thousands of notices sent to homeowners after identifying widespread vetting errors.
- The Department of Finance erroneously mailed 17,000 letters to homeowners, later determining that nearly 6,000 properties—or 35%—were actually primary residences exempt from the surcharge after failing to check personal income tax filings.
- Representing homeowners, Randy Mastro successfully sued to challenge the implementation, prompting Justice Ozzi to order the city to examine "any and all resources and information available" before classifying properties as second homes.
- Signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in May at Mayor Zohran Mamdani's request, the tax aims to address a $5 billion budget gap by generating $500 million annually from properties valued at $5 million or more.
- City Corporation Counsel Steve Banks has not indicated whether the administration will appeal, leaving uncertain the city's path forward as it must remove a supplemental roll of more than 900,000 properties and restart vetting entirely.
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The ruling states that citizens were harmed and "unnecessarily penalized" through the system used to enforce tax rules.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office filed an appeal on Tuesday following a Staten Island judge’s ruling that barred notices from being sent to homeowners affected by the pied-à-terre tax. A city official told The Hill the appeal invoked the “auto stay,” which under New York law allows the city to continue with its...
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“New York City Mayor Mamdani must redo the rollout of his new pied-à-terre tax, a state judge ruled Tuesday, dealing a major blow to one of the mayor’s signature policies,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Justice Wayne Ozzi, of Staten Island, sided with plaintiffs who said the rollout of the surcharge unlawfully put the burden […]
Staten Island officials cheer judge’s order scrapping NYC’s pied-à-terre tax rollout
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Local elected officials are praising a judge’s ruling Tuesday that ordered the city to cancel previously mailed notices and remove a massive list of properties published as part of its new pied-à-terre tax rollout.
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