
Joe Floater
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Let me be very clear: opposing the genocide in Gaza is not antisemitism.



🚨 Zohran Mamdani to build 50,000 new affordable homes on city-owned land.













Let me be very clear: opposing the genocide in Gaza is not antisemitism.


Longtime New Yorkers Wrongly Hit With Massive “Pied-à-Terre” Tax Bills — Maybe It’s Time to Leave New Yorkers who have lived in the city for decades — many in their only home — are receiving five-figure tax notices under the new pied-à-terre surcharge. The tax was sold as a levy on wealthy owners of luxury second homes. Instead, longtime residents say they are being forced to prove they actually live in the places they have called home for 30 years or more. Karen Young, who has lived in New York since 1972, received a $43,000 bill on her West 95th Street brownstone. “Whoever’s behind this, who I can only assume is the mayor, didn’t take the 30 seconds to research. Is this a witch hunt? As a faithful New Yorker since 1972, I find it not only insulting but painful. Is anybody paying any attention, or any thinking, or two minutes of research? Just look me up!” (Video: AI) An 81-year-old woman got a $55,000 notice addressed to her late husband. “I have lived here for 30 years; it’s my only residence. The City of New York didn’t get that right.” The appeal process is described as cumbersome, with tight deadlines and technical hurdles even for those who pay taxes, utilities, and jury duty from the same address. What was framed as “taxing the rich” is landing hard on people who never left. New York City is already seeing an exodus of residents to lower-tax states like Florida and Texas. It will be interesting to watch whether this pied-à-terre tax accelerates that trend. Once the high earners leave, who’s left for Mayor Mamdani to tax?


























