NEW YORK — NYC’s wealthiest property owners are expressing growing concern today as Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new pied-à-terre tax is forcing more of them to forfeit such daily expenses as human sushi trays and excursions to islands where you hunt man for sport “just to make ends meet,” sources close to the billionaire community report.
“This tax is an outrage!” said hedge fund CEO Alvin Sharpe, owner of a large Manhattan penthouse that’s virtually empty most of the year. “The way things are going, I might be forced to choose between my private jet with a perfect replica of my childhood bedroom, or my prized human chess board where the ‘pieces’ actually fight each other. What’s the point of being in the Epstein class if you can’t be classy?!”
A spokesman representing an anonymous collective of wealthy NYC property owners has issued the following statement:
“On behalf of New York’s wealthiest elite, we urge you, do NOT go to https://dreamfornyc.com/action and sign the petition to the governor calling for more taxes on the ultra-rich. No one who can afford to have Taylor Swift sing them to sleep three nights a week should ever have to face the horror of paying their fair share.”
This is a breaking story, and we’ll have more as it develops.
