A New York judge issued a pause on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax on luxury second homes, ordering the list exposing the names, addresses, and property values to be taken down.
According to Judge Wayne M. Ozzi’s order, officials are “temporarily restrained and enjoined from continuing to post on the website of the New York City Department of Finance, or otherwise allowing public access to, the Supplemental Roll listing the names, addresses, and property values of more than 900,000 New York City home owners.”
Officials must not take “any further action based on the Supplemental Roll or the Mailed Notices in connection with the administration or assessment of the Surcharge, including but not limited to imposing, assessing, or collecting the Surcharge against any homeowner identified on the Supplemental Roll or who received a Mailed Notice, without first making the individualized determination and then providing the proper notice” as required by tax law.
Last month, Mamdani wrote on X, “If you have a second home in New York City worth more than $5M, check your mailbox when you’re back in the five boroughs — because you’ve got mail.” His post detailed the rollout of the city’s new pied-à-terre tax. “The best city in the world deserves the best parks, libraries, and schools in the world,” he added. “That’s only possible when we all pay our fair share.”
Council Minority Leader David Carr, a Staten Island Republican whose own condominium appeared on the list, called the July release “reckless and foolish.”
“It’s a reckless and foolish move, especially considering there are potentially thousands of properties on this list that do not qualify as second homes or whose owners will successfully dispute their inclusion,” he said. “All the mayor is doing is tanking the luxury home market in NYC and sending millions of dollars in real estate business to other states. But the upside is Mamdani is a shoo-in for Realtor of the Year in Texas and Florida.”
