“We are in the dox days of August”: Why resi agents rallied against NYC’s pied-a-terre tax rollout

Some of New York City’s top residential agents turned their clients’ anxieties into advocacy on Tuesday, gathering ahead of the City Council’s Tuesday hearing on the city’s pied-á-terre tax. On the steps of City Hall, Compass’ Jason Haber used bombast and puns to summarize their objections to the city’s abrupt rollout of the policy, which included publishing an online list of over 900,000 homeowner addresses that could be subject to the tax.  “We are in the dox days of August,” Haber said at the pre-hearing press conference. “We are here to say we are guilty until proven resident, and we […]

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