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Politics● Low3h ago · Nov 4, 2026, 10:10 PM

Appeals court rules for Mamdani on pied-à-terre tax, reversing lower court

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An appeals court ruled in favor of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) pied-à-terre tax, which would place an annual surcharge on certain second homes. This reverses a lower court decision that found Mamdani’s Finance Department violated the plaintiffs’ due process rights through its method of determining who would pay the tax on second…

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