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Well, that\u2019s a new one.<\/p>\n

Gov. Kathy Hochul shrugged off backlash against Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s public list of every New Yorker who could be hit with a new pied-a-terre tax \u2014 bizarrely claiming the brand new document is not \u201cout of the ordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Democrat governor, who pushed through the tax as part of her lengthy budget negotiations with state lawmakers, sought to connect regular public tax rolls to this curated list of possible tax targets \u2014 which has been slammed as the government doxxing private citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not out of the ordinary,\u201d she said at an unrelated press conference in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a list that\u2019s released on an annual basis. Nothing unusual here. Every building, property tax debt is public always has been,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Big Apple\u2019s Department of Finance uploaded the comprehensive list, which included the full name and addresses of property owners as well as details of whom could be subjected to the newly created tax.<\/p>\n

The Mamdani administration is forcing those on the list to make a claim to prove why they should be exempt from the tax, which applies only to luxury second homes in the five boroughs.<\/p>\n

The document was uploaded right after the mayor was skewered on X after his message gleefully telling wealthy New Yorkers to \u201ccheck your mailbox when you\u2019re back in the five boroughs, because you\u2019ve got mail\u201d while notification letters were sent out.<\/p>\n

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Gov. Hochul enacted the tax on second homes over $5 million after the socialist darling touted the policy as part of his plans to soak the rich and make them \u201cpay their fair share.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hochul, who is up for re-election in November, has faced growing pressure from the socialist mayor and his comrades in the left-leaning Democratic Socialists of America to hike income taxes on wealthy New Yorkers while also increasing corporate taxes.<\/p>\n

She has so far resisted the calls beyond the pied-a-terre tax, but has waffled between trying to appeal statewide to moderates and independents while not alienating Mamdani and his supporters, who have already threatened a potential primary challenge in the future.<\/p>\n

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Hochul said she wouldn\u2019t question the mayor\u2019s motives over Mamdani\u2019s gleeful announcement about the new tax.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are people who have no idea that this applies to them. So, elevating the notification probably sounds like the way to make sure that people know that you can be subjected to this tax,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I won\u2019t question any motivation behind that, other than it\u2019s public service, to let you know that this first time ever this applies to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor previously caught flack after recording a video outside billionaire Ken Griffin\u2019s Manhattan Apartment to promote the tax, which led to Griffin expanding his Citadel Hedge Fund operations in Florida rather than the Empire State.<\/p>\n

Read more Exclusive | Longtime New Yorkers fume after being hit with massive pied-\u00e0-terre tax bills: \u2018Is this a witch hunt?\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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