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Pied-de Terre Tax and the 2026 to 2027 NY State Budget

Brian Lehrer Show, WNYT Public Radio, May 11

Ir was nice for me to have an opportunity, as Principal of Faith in the Public Square, to ask a question on The Brian Lehrer Show on May 11, 2026 about expanding the pied-a terre tax second homes outside of New York City valued at 2.5 million or more. Cities out of NYC are struggling even more and would benefit from this revenue. Proposed by Senator Pat Fahy, it does not look like a statewide pie-de-terre tax in the budget. I pressed to say that we really needed other ways to raise revenue but the Governor’s proposals are pretty thin.

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