{"id":63798,"date":"2026-08-15T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T01:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housesmarketplace.com\/appeals-court-reboots-nyc-pied-a-terre-tax-rollout-after-pause\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T03:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T01:00:17","slug":"appeals-court-reboots-nyc-pied-a-terre-tax-rollout-after-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housesmarketplace.com\/ru\/appeals-court-reboots-nyc-pied-a-terre-tax-rollout-after-pause\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals court reboots NYC pied-\u00e0-terre tax rollout after pause"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York City\u2019s ultra-rich started the week with a reprieve from having to prove residency to avoid a pied-\u00e0-terre tax. But as the week ends, the reprieve itself proved fleeting.<\/p>\n

A state appeals judge yanked back the roadblock on Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s tax plan Thursday afternoon in a Staten Island court. Brought by three homeowners, the lawsuit that triggered the pause is now showing cracks.<\/p>\n

In its appeal, the city\u2019s attorneys noted that one of the homeowners suing, Simon Hedley, filed his own administrative appeal a day after the lawsuit began.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department has approved his appeal,\u201d the city\u2019s court filing states, adding that Hedley \u201cdoes not have standing to seek relief from the deadline for filing an administrative appeal\u201d and that his \u201cvoluntary action has mooted any claim for relief.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randy Mastro, the attorney representing the plaintiff homeowners, remains undaunted.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is a shame that the city can\u2019t own up to its own mistakes and admit that it has badly botched the rollout of this surcharge,\u201d Mastro said in a statement to Fox News Digital<\/a>. \u201cInstead, the administration is doubling down, going to court to ensure that it can continue harassing and threatening New York City homeowners who clearly are permanent residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s appeals court order doesn\u2019t touch the surcharge\u2019s legality. Mastro\u2019s suit never challenged the tax itself, only how the city rolled it out. That fight is still ahead.<\/p>\n

A familiar adversary<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This isn\u2019t Mastro\u2019s first fight with Mamdani\u2019s City Hall this year. He\u2019s also co-counsel for a coalition of landlords suing<\/a> the city\u2019s Rent Guidelines Board over June\u2019s rent freeze on roughly a million stabilized apartments. They argue Mamdani stacked the board to deliver on a campaign promise.<\/p>\n

That fight escalated Thursday<\/a>, too. Tenant advocacy groups Tenants and Neighbors and the Metropolitan Council on Housing filed a brief defending the freeze. They argue few landlords are affected and that landlords wrongly assume the board must raise rents if any owners are struggling. They want the case dismissed outright.<\/p>\n

Other tenant groups are joining in, filing briefs with the court today.<\/p>\n

Mastro served as first deputy mayor under Eric Adams, who dropped his own reelection bid this year and endorsed Andrew Cuomo over Mamdani. Mastro held the same title decades earlier under Rudy Giuliani.<\/p>\n

Mamdani\u2019s team, meanwhile, just cleaned up one of Adams and Mastro\u2019s own decisions. In June 2025, the pair killed a decade-old plan to build low-income senior housing at the Elizabeth Street Garden. The developers sued.<\/p>\n

\u041d\u0430 \u044d\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0435, \u0413\u043e\u0442\u044d\u043c\u0438\u0441\u0442<\/a> reported that Mamdani\u2019s administration settled that suit. The deal drops the litigation in exchange for a new housing site on public property elsewhere in the city and preserves the garden.<\/p>\n

A plaintiff\u2019s exemption undercuts the case<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hedley is one of three plaintiffs suing the city. He was also the only one who\u2019d received a surcharge notice.<\/p>\n

A day after suing, Hedley filed his own administrative appeal. The city quickly approved it. His apartment is his primary residence, and he\u2019s exempt from the tax entirely.<\/p>\n

Mastro rejects the city\u2019s mootness argument. He says Hedley\u2019s fast approval proves the city should have made that call before sending the notice, not after.<\/p>\n

What the stay resolves<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday\u2019s order is procedural. It doesn\u2019t rule on the merits. It just lets the city keep working.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s finance department can keep sending notices. It can process the roughly 4,300 administrative appeals already filed. It can also enforce the Sept. 18 residency-proof deadline.<\/p>\n

Mastro called the city\u2019s notices \u201cblatantly illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain confident that when we are back in court in a mere 18 days,\u201d Mastro said, homeowners \u201cillegally burdened\u201d with proving residency \u201cwill finally get the permanent relief they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The case returns to the Staten Island court on Aug. 31 for a hearing on the underlying petition. The city says it\u2019s ready to move quickly.<\/p>\n

Timing is tight on both sides. The finance department faces a Nov. 15 deadline to mail tax bills, surcharge included. The first installment is due Jan. 1, 2027. The city comptroller projects roughly $500 million in surcharge revenue through fiscal 2028.<\/p>\n

That money matters. Mamdani\u2019s administration is counting on it to help close a nearly $12 billion budget gap. Every week of delay narrows the runway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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