Mamdani's NYC Pied-A-Terre Tax Temporarily Blocked By Judge

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : " The levy, signed into law in May by Governor Kathy Hochul, targets single-family homes worth $5 million or more and apartments worth $1 million or more.
52% : Roughly 2,000 people have completed applications seeking an exemption from the tax, the city's Department of Finance said last week.
51% : The document included the estimated market values of nearly 1 million residential properties, including hundreds of thousands that appeared to fall short of the threshold for the second-home levy.
48% : "While this lawsuit about the administration of the tax is a matter for the city and the courts to work through, the Governor continues to believe that people who can afford a multimillion-dollar second home in New York City can afford to pay their fair share," Jen Goodman, a spokeswoman for Hochul, said in a statement.
46% : The tax's rollout quickly drew backlash from New Yorkers, including homeowners who said it included their longtime primary residences and City Council members who said they'd been caught off guard by the assessment roll's publication.
44% : The city additionally mailed 17,000 notices to property owners notifying them that they may be liable to pay the tax.
37% : "You know, there are few things more certain in New York City than death, taxes and Randy Mastro filing a lawsuit against this administration," the mayor said at a press conference.
35% : The suing homeowners said the city had caused "mass confusion" with its controversial identification of thousands of properties that it says are potentially subject to the tax on second homes.
33% : The rollout of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new pied-à-terre tax was temporarily blocked by a state court judge on Staten Island.

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