Appeals court rules for Mamdani on pied-à-terre tax, reversing lower court

An appeals court ruled in favor of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) pied-à-terre tax, which places a tax on certain second homes. This reserves a lower court decision that found Mamdani’s Department of Finance (DOF) violated the plaintiffs’ — a group of NYC homeowners — due process rights through its process of determining…