Exclusive | Ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen blasts NYC Mayor Mamdani for sending him erroneous pied--terre tax letter

Count President Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen among the angry New Yorkers who say the city sent them invasive letters informing them they may have to pay Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new pied-à-terre tax, The Post has learned.Earlier this week, Cohen received the dreaded missive saying he needs to prove his condo at Trump Park Avenue on the Upper East Side is his primary residence — or face tens of thousands of dollars in new taxes.“I have been paying NYC property taxes for 34 years,” he fumed to The Post on Thursday.“I’m registered as a voter here yet now I have to go through the exercise in demonstrating to the city that I’m a resident.”He also took issue with the level of detail the city is seeking about him and other New Yorkers, especially with a far-left mayor at the helm.“I’m extremely concerned about submitting this information to a democratic socialist who has campaigned and continues to campaign on taking dollars out of the pockets of wealthy New Yorkers or anyone he perceives to be wealthy,” Cohen said, noting many of his neighbors got the same letter.The city recently began sending the letters to tens of thousands of property owners saying they have to prove their address is their primary residence or be subject to Mamdani and Gov.

Kathy Hochul’s controversial tax on second homes, which passed as part of the state budget earlier this year.The levy targets second homes that are worth at least $5 million, along with condos and co-ops that are worth at least $1 million that are unoccupied, non-primary residences.With the tax rate for condos and co-ops ranging from 4% and 6.5%, Cohen says he’d be on the hook for nearly $50,000 in new taxes if he is erroneously slapped with the charge.Letter recipients have to jump through a number of bureaucratic hoops to avoid the tax, as The Post previously reported.To prove primary residency, they can upload their most recently filed federal or state tax returns  – an ask that left Cohen fu...