Appeals court tosses lawsuit over Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax rollout, ruling homeowners can’t sue over notices

A New York appeals court reversed a Staten Island ruling that had forced New York City to reissue notices for its pied-à-terre tax, finding homeowners lack standing to sue over the notices themselves. The decision removes a procedural obstacle to the rollout of the levy championed by Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, though other legal challenges to the tax remain pending. The reversal matters because it lets the city proceed with implementation while the substantive fight over the tax continues in court. What to watch next is whether the remaining lawsuits delay collection of the tax or narrow its scope.