• Pied-à-terre tax proposal rankles real estate,
The Real Deal

    Pied-à-terre tax proposal rankles real estate

    The latest bid to tap New York’s ultra-wealthy for more money landed with a thud in the city’s real estate circles. Gov. Kathy Hochul this week floated a pied-à-terre tax targeting second homes in New York City valued at $5 million or more, a proposal designed to generate roughly $500 million annual

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  • What NYC can learn from other cities with pied-a-terre
taxes,
The Real Deal

    What NYC can learn from other cities with pied-a-terre taxes

    Gov. Kathy Hochul shocked the industry earlier this week by proposing an annual tax on pied-à-terres in New York City, targeting second residences valued at $5 million or more.  Hochul isn’t the first New York politician to champion the levy as a way to pad the city’s coffers, though previous iterat

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  • The Daily Dirt: After all that? Building workers reach
tentative contract agreement,
The Real Deal

    The Daily Dirt: After all that? Building workers reach tentative contract agreement

    Denizens of our city’s unionized buildings can set down their trashbags. A tentative contract agreement was announced by the city’s building workers and owners, represented by Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union and the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations, respectively.  The

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