New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a mocking notification to people about his new pied-à-terre tax, saying they should check their mail because “you’ve got mail.” It's bad enough that he was imposing more taxes, but it was gross to mock people in the process.
Then, as we reported earlier, Mamdani's administration has now published a searchable database of residences which purports to cover all unoccupied, non-primary residences in the five boroughs worth north of $1 million - which could qualify. The list includes all the names and addresses of the people.
That's potentially flagging unoccupied homes to people, which could be very problematic, particularly with a lot of crazy leftists in New York City. Plus, as my RedState colleague Rusty Weiss observed, it's also doxxing the homes of famous/wealthy people.
Among the people allegedly on the list, according to the NY Post, were director Woody Allen, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, and actress Cynthia Nixon. That's a little bit of irony. Nixon is a supporter of Mamdani's. I wonder if she's going to appreciate her address now being revealed.
However, there also appear to be big problems with this list.
Citywide, The Post counted over 960,000 residences and individuals listed as potentially in line to be hit with Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax, even though just 31,000 homes were supposed to be subjected to the new levy as he and Hochul initially sold it to the public.
In other words, it looks like they included a lot of people they shouldn't have.
Many of the homes included in the database appeared to be misaligned with a tax aimed at well-heeled residents with multi-million dollar vacation homes, including some two dozen modest homes on Chaffee Avenue in working-class Throggs Neck in the Bronx.
Challenger Drive on Staten Island was another middle-class enclave with dozens of addresses appearing on Mamdani’s list, though it wasn’t clear that they were in fact second homes.
The average home values on Chaffee Avenue and Challenger Drive ranged from mid-$500,000s to the low $800,000s — a far cry from the price tag of your average New York summer residence.
One address was a shopping mall, which obviously didn't qualify.
City Council Minority Leader David Carr (R-Staten Island) chastised Mamdani's actions, noting his own condo was on the list.
It’s a reckless and foolish move, especially considering there are potentially thousands of properties on this list that do not qualify as second homes or whose owners will successfully dispute their inclusion."
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/07/27/mamdani-tax-already-a-mess-n2204840