Mamdani Celebrates NYC Second-Home Tax as Conservatives Erupt

Zohran Mamdani has a message for wealthy New Yorkers with multimillion-dollar second homes: You’ve got mail, and a new tax is on the way.

New York City’s democratic socialist mayor celebrated the coming pied-à-terre tax in a viral X post aimed at owners of secondary residences valued above $5 million.

“If you have a second home in New York City worth more than $5 million, check your mailbox when you’re back in the five boroughs — because you’ve got mail,” Mamdani wrote.

“Today, we sent notification letters to property owners, letting them know that our new pied-à-terre tax is coming soon,” he continued. “The best city in the world deserves the best parks, libraries, and schools in the world. That’s only possible when we all pay our fair share.”

The tax, introduced by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and supported by Mamdani, targets certain high-value properties that are not their owners’ primary residences.

Mamdani’s victory lap quickly became a conservative punching bag. By Friday morning, the post had attracted more than 10 million views as critics warned that another targeted tax could encourage wealthy property owners to sell or flee the city.

“Never elect a politician who: (1) sees your money as his slush fund, (2) loves Karl Marx, or (3) uses French words like ‘pied-à-terre’ to disguise new, confiscatory taxes he wants to impose to redistribute wealth,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote.

Florida Sen. Ashley Moody offered a shorter sales pitch for the Sunshine State.

“Socialism – Florida’s best real estate agent,” she wrote.

GOP strategist and attorney Mehek Cooke claimed brokers were already hearing from owners interested in unloading their properties before the tax takes effect.

“NYC’s pied-à-terre tax hasn’t even started and brokers already say owners are calling to sell,” Cooke wrote. “Empty units don’t tip [doormen] or pay supers. You’re not taxing the rich. You’re firing the working class that depended on them.”

That claim about owners calling brokers was Cooke’s assertion and was not independently confirmed in the information provided.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton accused Mamdani of celebrating a tax deliberately aimed at a small group.

“More incitement,” Fitton wrote. “Communist @NYCMayor celebrates a confiscatory tax targeted at a select few.”

More over at The New York Post:

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