Mamdani gets pie in the face from judge against pied-à-terre tax — and then Trump piles on

Mamdani gets pie in the face from judge against pied-à-terre tax — and then Trump piles on


The mayor of New York City faced two major roadblocks for his far-left plan to hit certain rentals in the city with a pied-à-terre tax.

The tax scheme from Mayor Zohran Mamdani was temporarily blocked by a Staten Island judge on Monday who sided with a group of homeowners suing against the tax.

‘It is pure Amateur Hour, and it’s hard, as President of the United States of America, to sit back and watch it happen, especially to a place I once loved.’

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Then President Donald Trump piled on and said he would seek to use the powers of the federal government to oppose the “dangerous” policy in his hometown.

“This dangerous political ‘experiment’ in New York will destroy what was once a great City and State,” the president

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