Judge halts initial pied-à-terre tax rollout, orders do-over

A judge ordered Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s controversial pied-à-terre surcharge back to square one on Tuesday, finding that the initial rollout must be redone to reach a narrower group of eligible homeowners. The suit, spearheaded by former Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro, was brought on behalf of homeowners who believed they shouldn’t have been named on any list of homeowners potentially eligible for the pied-à-terre tax. The supplemental tax roll that included their names must be removed from the Department of Finance website and the mailed notices homeowners already received must be canceled, Judge Wayne M. Ozzi said in his order.  The […]

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