Hochul claims she’s against tax hikes for wealthy, businesses after pushing through new NYC fee for luxury 2nd homes

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  • Source: New York Post
  • 07/16/2026

She’s trying to have it both ways.

Gov. Kathy Hochul boasted Wednesday that she’s not on board with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “tax the rich” crusade — even as her new tax on luxury second homes is driving the well-to-do away.

The Democratic governor said she’s not squeezing millionaires and billionaires for revenue, and claimed that the new “pied-a-terre” tax she pushed through wasn’t speeding up the ongoing exodus of New Yorkers fleeing to cheaper states.


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