Homeowners fight against Mamdanis tax: Letters to the Editor Aug. 22, 2026
The hearing concerning the pied-à-terre tax to be paid by homeowners was a farce (“Homeowners ‘under attack,’ ” Aug.19).Mayor Mamdani’s administration did not show up and he was conveniently on vacation.
This shows these homeowners he doesn’t care about them.He only wants their money.Letters were sent out and their names were put online for all to see, which one could say is an invasion of privacy.
Maybe the federal government can look into investigating what seems like extortion of homeowners.Even those who do not fit the pied-à-terre qualifications were sent a letter and now must provide information to prove they shouldn’t have to pay extra taxes.Joseph ComperchioBrooklynMamdani is making the rich climb Mt.Everest.This wasn’t what they had in mind after they worked their rear ends off all those years.
They thought the outcome would be quite the opposite.Enter the tax-Jackal from Hell, who sits on his rear end and decides who he’s going to rip off today.“What’s yours is mine,” he says with a sinister glee.
“New rules.You make it, I take it.
Thank you.” So much for life in the land of the free.Kevin MoriartySan Luis Obispo, Calif.I am friends with an elderly couple who own and occupy a single-family home in Staten Island, worth approximately $1 million.Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax doesn’t apply to them, but they were sent a letter along with possibly thousands of other hardworking, tax-paying middle-class people.Mayor Mamdani, it is time for your administration to be held accountable for its mailings and unfair taxes, which have burdened innocent people.Jeff CoopermanLand O Lakes, Fla.Those who are subject to Mamdani’s stupid tax should sue him.These homeowners pay property taxes and put little or no burden on the city’s infrastructure, schools and public services.
Aren’t they already paying their fair share?Raymond FontanaWestbrook, Conn.In order to stop this completely disgusting ripoff, all homeowners need to not p...