Super-rich complain but experts welcome Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax
Steinway Tower, the world's skinniest skyscraper, in Manhattan. Photograph: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenSteinway Tower, the world's skinniest skyscraper, in Manhattan. The list, which the city stated was intended to help people find out if they could be liable, also contained the properties’ addresses and market values.Some New Yorkers were upset that they received notice of their potential tax liability even though the particular property is their primary residence.
- ▪Steinway Tower, the world's skinniest skyscraper, in Manhattan.
- ▪Photograph: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenSteinway Tower, the world's skinniest skyscraper, in Manhattan.
- ▪The list, which the city stated was intended to help people find out if they could be liable, also contained the properties’ addresses and market values.Some New Yorkers were upset that they received notice of their potential tax liability
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Steinway Tower, the world's skinniest skyscraper, in Manhattan. Photograph: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenSteinway Tower, the world's skinniest skyscraper, in Manhattan. Photograph: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty ImagesNew YorkSuper-rich complain but experts welcome Mamdani’s pied-à-terre taxNew York mayor’s policy set to generate revenue and address housing crisis despite outcry in some quarters Eric Berger in New York Sat 8 Aug 2026 08.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleNew York City’s introduction of a pied-à-terre tax has provided fodder for Zohran Mamdani’s critics, who accuse the democratic socialist mayor of attacking the rich – even as others welcome it as a much-needed effort to tax the wealthy in a city known for its yawning inequality and…
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