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May 14, 2026
N.Y.C. Second-Home Tax May Affect Homes With $1 Million ‘Market Value’
The new tax surcharge will be phased in over two stages, as the city and state work out a better way to identify which high-end pieds-à-terre will be affected.
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May 13, 2026
Affordable N.Y.C. Homes Stay Empty for Months. That May Soon Change.
With affordable housing in extremely high demand, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is announcing plans to reduce red tape and get people into those apartments faster.
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May 7, 2026
Will New York Freeze the Rent? A Panel Will Cast Its First Vote.
The panel that regulates rents for nearly one million apartments is set to weigh in on potential increases for the first time since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office.
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May 2, 2026
Can a Second-Home Tax Work in New York? The Numbers Don’t Add Up Yet.
The tax proposal is being held up as a generational attempt to make the ultrawealthy pay more to society and potentially raise $500 million a year for New York City.
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May 1, 2026
Protesters Tried to Block an Eviction. But Was It a Case of Deed Theft?
A Brooklyn case has ignited a debate around the prevalence of deed theft, in which scammers fraudulently take ownership of people’s homes. Here’s what we know.
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April 24, 2026
Mamdani Creates Office to Fight Deed Theft in New York City
The office will seek to crack down on the practice, in which people fraudulently take ownership of others’ homes.
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April 17, 2026
Contours of NYC’s Pied-à-Terre Tax Begin to Take Shape
As state leaders determine how much owners of high-priced second homes in New York City may have to pay, they are also wrestling with opaque L.L.C.-ownership issues.
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April 16, 2026
NYC to Spend $4 Billion From Pension Funds on Affordable Homes
The money could jump-start affordable housing projects across the metropolitan region.
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April 4, 2026
Fight Escalates Over Plan to Demolish and Rebuild N.Y.C. Public Housing
The city thinks four developments in Chelsea are too run-down to be saved, and wants to rebuild them, adding mixed-income housing. Some residents are opposed.
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March 26, 2026
Mamdani Promised to Freeze the Rent. Now the Fight Begins.
Nine board members, six of whom were appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will meet Thursday to begin weighing whether to enact a rent freeze.
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March 7, 2026
Historic District Rules May Keep NoHo Parking Lot From Becoming Housing
Some residents in the Manhattan neighborhood are fighting the construction of two apartment towers, which could rise up to 19 stories on the site of a parking lot.
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