This week’s been rough for proponents of New York City’s pied-à-terre tax. On Monday, former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross filed a lawsuit against the state, calling the tax unconstitutional. On Tuesday, a judge ruled the city had to rollback the notices it sent out to property owners and all but basically start over. It follows
A Staten Island judge on Tuesday threw out New York City’s rollout of its new pied-à-terre tax. He ordered Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration to cancel the notices it sent to property owners and restart the process of deciding who owes the surcharge. State Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi ruled that before deciding a property is
New York City’s pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes has hit a roadblock over the publication of a list of hundreds of thousands of residences in the city. A Staten Island judge ruled Tuesday that the previously published list of New York City residences should be removed. Instead, the Department of Finance, or DOF, may
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Focus on what you can control and let the rest go. I’ve heard countless versions of this advice throughout my life, and it gets me through my most stressful moments. Enter the long-haul flight — my least favorite part of any faraway vacation. I can’t make planes leave on time. I can’t change the crowds
It’s sleek, Swedish, relatively affordable, and designed for efficiency. Oh, and the color scheme? Yellow and blue. No, it’s not Ikea. It’s Neko Health — the three-year-old healthcare brainchild of Spotify cofounder Daniel Ek — a new annual go-to longevity checkup for skin cancer, heart health, and more. Up and running in Stockholm since 2023