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A Staten Island judge on Monday temporarily blocked the controversial rollout of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax, pausing enforcement of one of his signature campaign promises: taxing the rich.

The judge’s order pauses the rollout of the surcharge on high-value second homes in the city while a lawsuit brought by a group of homeowners moves forward. The group says the city wrongly flagged their primary residences as subject to the tax.

Under the temporary restraining order, the city must take down the public tax roll and is barred from issuing any additional notices while the order is in effect. The next hearing is set for August 31.

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[–] Octavio@piefed.social 7 points 7 hours ago

What do you want to bet the judge has one of those pied-à-terres?

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

pied-à-terre

A secondary or temporary place of lodging. Smaller temporary or secondary lodging; a second home.

For those, like me, who've never encountered that term before.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 7 points 8 hours ago

Well that saved me some time … Thanks!

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 17 points 12 hours ago

All the idiots who are unemployed or making $30k/yr when someone reads them this headline, "All I know is you come try to take MY pied-à-terre and you gonna find out real fast, buddy!!!"

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 16 points 13 hours ago

The group says the city wrongly flagged their primary residences as subject to the tax.

Okay. That is why there has already been a process in place for reporting that which is, allegedly, pretty quick about correcting these inaccuracies.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

People: "Some of us had our primary residence taxed accidentally."

Judge: "Clearly I should block this tax entirely rather than in these particular instances. This makes perfect sense."

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Don't know enough if the judge is just cautious or a right wing shill

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 49 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Time for the residents to go protest in front of the judges house. Push back.

Fucking awesome how something to help the poor is stopped IMMEDIATELY and something to screw us just sails right on through to the scrotus for a rubber stamp.

So depressing…

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Todd Blanche was confirmed at 4:30 a.m. and will be the reason the midterms go sideways.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 5 points 13 hours ago

They should change squatting laws and keep a very public list of empty homes