Gov. Hochul bizarrely claims Mamdani’s brand-new pied-à-terre tax list is ‘not out of the ordinary’ - New York Post
New York Governor Kathy Hochul defended the publication of a list of property owners subject to a new pied-à-terre tax, dismissing concerns that it constitutes government doxxing. Critics argue the list unfairly targets wealthy individuals, while the administration maintains it is standard public record.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul shrugged off backlash against Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s public list of every New Yorker who could be hit with a new pied-a-terre tax — bizarrely claiming the brand new document is not “out of the ordinary.”
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 — which has been slammed as the government doxxing private citizens.
“This is not out of the ordinary,” she said at an unrelated press conference in the city.
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