CITYWIDE — HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of New York City property owners’ names and addresses have been published on a city database of properties that could fall under the state’s new pied-à-terre tax, causing alarm among listed owners whose dwellings do not quality as second homes, according to the New York Post.
The publication counted over 960,000 residences and individuals on the list. Originally, just 31,000 homes were estimated to be subjected to the new levy announced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul.
“It’s a reckless and foolish move, especially considering there are potentially thousands of properties on this list that do not qualify,” Council Minority Leader David Carr (R-Staten Island) told the Post.
The city Department of Finance has published a webpage to help owners who received a letter informing them they are subject to the tax and wish to contest it.
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