A group of New York City homeowners sued Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s finance director over the rollout of the new pied-à-terre tax Friday.
Three petitioners, Simon Hedley, Rachel O’Brien and Carmine Morano, allege “the City incorrectly identified their homes as potentially subject to the surcharge despite those properties serving as their primary residences,” according to a news release.
Though the lawsuit itself does not challenge the legality of the surcharge, it does scrutinize the city’s release of a tax roll that included names and addresses of over 900,000 New York City homeowners, even if they were not subject to the tax, as well as the distribution of notices sent to some of those residents.
According to the city’s Department of Finance, the roll includes family homes as well as co-ops and condominium units but noted “the vast majority of properties and units listed” are not subject to the surcharge. 17,000 property owners received the letters alerting them that they were possibly subject to the tax.
One of the homeowners bringing the lawsuit says she was wrongly listed on the property roll.
