Team Mamdani’s pied-à-terre-tax hearing boycott shows total contempt for democracy

Its excuse is preposterous — Team Mamdani simply wants to duck any accountability.

City Council is holding a public hearing Tuesday about Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rollout of a new tax on luxury second homes. cmart7327/Getty Images NYC City Council is holding a meeting on Tuesday over the pied-à-terre tax rollout. Mayor Zohran Mamdani's team submitted testimony explaining how they've started informing