Mayor Zohran Mamdani blew off concerns Wednesday from New Yorkers who argue they’re being wrongly targeted by the state’s new pied-à-terre tax — that Hizzoner claimed for months would only hit wealthy out-of-towners.
Questions have been swirling about how exactly the city determined who would be subject to the newly approved tax, though neither Mamdani nor his Department of Finance Commissioner Richard Lee could provide straight answers.
The mayor had repeatedly insisted that only rich owners of secondary homes in New York City would get squeezed by the surcharge, but some full-time residents have cried foul after DOF mailed them a notice that they “may” be on the hook for a five-figure tax bill.
At an unrelated press conference, reporters pressed Mamdani and Lee on whether the DOF should have been more diligent in vetting its mailing list before sending out potentially erroneous notices to longtime locals…