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Zohran Mamdani's marquee plan as part of his 'tax the rich' agenda stalled again in a courtroom Tuesday after a judge accused the city of mishandling its rollout of the so-called 'pied-a-terre' tax. The levy would impose an annual surcharge on wealthy property owners who do not primarily live in New York City with second homes worth more than $5 million. State Supreme Court Judge Wayne Ozzi of Staten Island ruled in favor of homeowners who sued the city, arguing it didn't work hard enough to figure out just who should be facing the tax before starting to collect. 'Homeowners are being substantially harmed and penalized needlessly by D.O.F.'s method of implementing the tax law,' Ozzi wrote. Ozzi hit out at the city publishing a list of almost a million properties that could face the tax, including the names of the approximately 17,000 owners. The tax - which was signed into law by Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul - remains legal but is now in flux, as it is no longer apparent how the...

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