{"id":5683,"date":"2026-09-30T15:36:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=5683"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:36:04","slug":"wilbur-ross-says-new-yorks-pied-a-terre-tax-targets-people-who-cant-retaliate-at-the-ballot-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=5683","title":{"rendered":"Wilbur Ross says New York’s pied-\u00e0-terre tax targets people who ‘can’t retaliate at the ballot box’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week\u2019s been rough for proponents of New York City\u2019s pied-\u00e0-terre tax. On Monday, former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross filed a lawsuit against the state, calling the tax unconstitutional. On Tuesday, a judge ruled the city had to rollback the notices it sent out to property owners and all but basically start over. It follows a hectic rollout, coupled with threats and warnings that the young mayor\u2019s video announcing the tax outside of billionaire Ken Griffin\u2019s house would lead to the ouster of high-price items from the city. Those threats never formed.<\/p>\n

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What did, however, were the lawsuits. Ross on Monday joined a growing list of people who are suing either the city or the state over the tax. In an interview with Fortune, <\/em>Ross said the new tax on luxury second homes targets the one group of owners who can\u2019t vote against it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t want voter retribution for taxes at the ballot box, so they impose these taxes on people who have no way to defend themselves,\u201d Ross said. \u201cThat\u2019s what this is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ross, his wife, Hilary Geary Ross, and casino developer Steve Wynn sued the State of New York on Monday in Suffolk County Supreme Court. They argue the pied-\u00e0-terre surcharge violates both the state and U.S. constitutions. All three are Florida residents who own Manhattan apartments, and according to the complaint, the city\u2019s Department of Finance billed the Rosses $83,531.52 on their co-op and Wynn $183,094.69.<\/p>\n

Ross\u2019 suit<\/h2>\n

Led by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman partner James Catterson, Ross\u2019 suit has three main arguments. The first is that the \u201csurcharge\u201d is really a property tax, based on property value, billed through the city\u2019s property tax system and becomes a lien on the home if unpaid. The complaint claims it violates the state constitution because the constitution caps how much the city can raise through real-estate taxes. The new law says surcharge revenue doesn\u2019t count toward that cap.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe state, by fiat, cannot change the constitutional reality of what it is,\u201d Ross said. \u201cSurcharge on what?\u201d<\/p>\n

The complaint also argues taxing owners based on where they live discriminates against out-of-state residents. The suit says that violates the U.S. Constitution\u2019s Privileges and Immunities and Commerce clauses, as well as equal protection guarantees in the federal and state constitutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy their theory, there\u2019s no limit to what they could do to non-residents,\u201d Ross said. \u201cWe\u2019ll put 100% tax every year on the property. 200%.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ross rejected officials\u2019 claims that part-time owners don\u2019t pay their share. He said owners subject to the tax use none of the city\u2019s spending on education or health and welfare, and less policing, fire protection, and trash pickup, because they spend less than half the year in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can you possibly consume more in less than six months than other people do in a whole year?\u201d he said. He said nonresidents already pay more because their homes are worth more, and because nonresident co-op and condo owners don\u2019t get the tax abatement given to primary residents. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf my next-door neighbor in the building is a resident and he has the same size apartment I have, I pay more than he does,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When Fortune <\/em>reiterated that the tax, according to NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, was meant to close the gap on New York property owners who \u201cdo not live in the City or pay City income tax,\u201d Ross said: \u201cThere is no gap. This is an imaginary gap.\u201d<\/p>\n

He doesn\u2019t object to higher taxes on the wealthy as long as the rate applies to everyone in a bracket. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good idea, but it\u2019s legal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Making the case<\/h2>\n

Forbes <\/em>put Ross\u2019 net worth at around $600 million in 2019, following some controversy alleging he inflated his net worth to be between $2.7 billion to $3.7 billion. Regardless, he and Steve Wynn (with a net worth of $4.3 billion per Forbes<\/em>) are proving why there\u2019s a need for the pied-\u00e0-terre tax in the first place, according to Hochul\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Steve Wynn and Wilbur Ross try to cast themselves as sympathetic figures in a fight over paying their fair share on multimillion-dollar second homes, they\u2019re making the case for the pied-\u00e0-terre tax as well as anyone could,\u201d Jen Goodman, Hochul\u2019s director of rapid response, told Fortune <\/em>in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernor Hochul believes some of the wealthiest people in the world, and the powerful interest groups fighting on their behalf, can afford to help pay for the police officers, trash pickup and snow removal that keep New York City running,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe Governor was proud to sign this legislation, and the state will defend it in court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ross called the statement \u201csilly\u201d and said it didn\u2019t address the legal question. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt either is constitutional or it isn\u2019t,\u201d he said. \u201cUnconstitutional is unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matt Rauschenbach, a spokesperson for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, told Fortune <\/em>in a statement that \u201cthe pied-a-terre surcharge demands that the wealthiest people who own second homes in NYC but don\u2019t live in them pay their fair share towards funding safer streets, cleaner parks, and better schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe City is moving to intervene in these suits and will stand with our partners in Albany to defend the surcharge,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd while the legal process moves forward, we will continue administering the surcharge fairly, efficiently, and in full compliance with the law, as we have done from day one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Ross thinks the statements do little to address the unconstitutionality of the tax\u2014and that he indeed does spend money in the city even if they\u2019re rarely here. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe aren\u2019t here that much, so we have to ration what we do,\u201d he said. \u201cWe eat out all the time. We shop here. We use Ubers and cars and things like that. So we do spend money here, and we help some of the cultural institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that spending supports jobs whose workers pay city income tax. Owners subject to the tax \u201chire more maids, use more drivers, use more Ubers, use more taxis, buy more things in the stores, support the charities more,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can\u2019t just look at it the other way. You\u2019ve got to take everything into account.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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