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Mayor’s Tax Mess Sparks Council Outcry | New York City News
City Council is furious as the mayor’s office skips a critical hearing on the botched pied-à-terre tax, which has wrongly slapped over 2,300 New Yorkers with surcharges—up from just last week. The city mailed notices to 17,000 households, forcing them to prove they weren’t second homes, even when data might have already confirmed their status. Exemption requests have exploded to nearly 10,000. With minimal explanations and no live testimony from Finance, Council members demand accountability, calling the administration’s excuse—pending litigation—unacceptable. A growing lawsuit now includes…
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