Turns Out Mamdani's Pied-à-Terre Tax Is Hell for the Rich New Yorkers Who Elected Him

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Turns Out Mamdani's Pied-à-Terre Tax Is Hell for the Rich New Yorkers Who Elected Him
Amy Curtis


This writer is mad the New York Post beat her to the "Pied-a-Terror" headline to describe New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax, because it's the perfect way to describe this mess. One that wealthy New Yorkers voted for in droves. It turns out the tax, billed as one that would apply to second homes in the Big Apple valued at more than $5 million, also applies to second home co-ops and condos valued at just $1 million. In other words, Mamdani lied. He also doxxed those rich folks by putting their names and addresses in a searchable database, which many rightly saw as a call to violence.

There are also a lot of people who erroneously got a pied-à-terre tax on homes that shouldn't have them at all. This includes Alex Berenson's 81-year-old mother, who lives in her townhouse.

Here's more:

    Under New York’s new pied-à-terre tax, homeowners are guilty until proven innocent.

    Karen Young spent three hours just trying to begin the process of proving her Upper West Side brownstone — her home of 30 years — is her primary residence to avoid the new pied-à-terre surcharge.

    In the end, it was a complete waste of time.

    “I was planning to upload a few more documents yesterday morning, only to discover the documents I uploaded Monday weren’t saved despite the requirement to set up an account with a password,” Young, president and founder of beauty marketing company the Young Group, told The Post. She also needs to get ownership title/deed for her brownstone from her estate lawyer, whom she has to pay, to continue with the process.

    “So I have to start from scratch,” she added. “I will wait till all the documents are assembled. There are a lot of them.”

    Young has until Aug. 21 to submit all her documents or else she will be on the hook for a $42,824 surcharge courtesy of New York City’s new annual “Surcharge on Property That Does Not Serve as a Primary Residence,” and levied by the city’s Department of Finance on her Jan. 1, 2027 property tax bill.

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https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/07/31/pied-a-terre-tax-hell-n2680450

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varifrank
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It’s not supposed to make sense . It’s supposed to blow you out of your property.

2:49 PM  ·  Jul 30, 2026  ·  334   Views

Correct.

It's wrong to think that Democratic Socialists like Mamdani will show up with armed guards and evict you. They'll instead create convoluted laws that are impossible to follow, impose taxes, fees, and fines that are exorbitant and can't be paid, and they'll use that as grounds for confiscating your property ... legally.

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”

Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged - pub. 1957