New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax was temporarily blocked by a state judge on Monday after homeowners sued the city last week. The Staten Island judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the city from proceeding with enforcing the tax, which is intended to be levied on non-primary homes worth at least $5
I moved to Paris from the United Kingdom in 2017, and while I expected some challenges along the way, I was surprised to discover that many of the things I’d been worrying about turned out not to be issues at all. However, in their place were several other unforeseen obstacles that I wished I’d been
My partner and I had always dreamed of having our own small space on wheels so we could live simply and have a flexible lifestyle. So, in 2019, we began building our very own tiny home on a 32-foot trailer. After many months (and YouTube tutorials), it was complete. For a while, we lived in
Three New York City homeowners are suing the Mamdani administration over the rollout of the pied-á-terre tax on multi-million dollar second homes. Per a Department of Finance requirement, the Mamdani administration sent letters to all addresses that could potentially be a pied-á-terre based on property value and internal records in late July. Residents have until
At Hussain’s bedside is his friend Ali. He wipes his tears away with his shawl. “We only asked for affordable flour, electricity and our basic rights,” he says, trying to steady his breath through his sobs. “Instead, our brothers are being killed. What was our crime? Why are live bullets being fired at us?” Protesters
Businessman Mohamed Mohideen has lived in Osaka for 39 years. He moved from his home country of Sri Lanka in 1987 in search of better job opportunities during the bubble economy. He worked with gemstones and later worked in trade, exporting used cars to countries such as Sri Lanka and Pakistan. He moved at a