Appeals court lets Mamdani proceed with pied-à-terre tax

An appeals court on Wednesday ruled in favor of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on his pied-à-terre tax. The ruling lets his administration move forward with the tax on high-end second homes, Fox News reports. Legal challenges are still ongoing.

The court reversed a lower-court decision. The New York Times reports that the judge's order had said the city erred in rolling out the tax. The Times calls the ruling Mamdani's first major legal victory over a key piece of his agenda.

The Hill reports that the lower court had found the city's Department of Finance violated the due process rights of the plaintiffs, a group of New York City homeowners. The finding concerned how the department determined which homes the tax applies to. The Hill's account of the lower-court reasoning is cut off in the report provided.