Homeowners’ fight against Mamdani’s tax: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: New York City householders’ legal battle against Mayor Mamdani’s new pied-à-terre tax.
The listening to regarding the pied-à-terre tax to be paid by householders was a farce (“Homeowners ‘under attack,’ ” Aug. 19).
Mayor Mamdani’s administration didn’t show up and he was conveniently on trip. This exhibits these householders he doesn’t care about them. He solely needs their money.
Letters had been despatched out and their names had been put online for all to see, which one might say is an invasion of privateness. Maybe the federal authorities can look into investigating what looks like extortion of householders.
Even those that don’t match the pied-à-terre {qualifications} had been despatched a letter and now should present data to show they shouldn’t must pay further taxes.
Joseph Comperchio
Brooklyn
Mamdani is making the wealthy climb Mt. Everest.
This wasn’t what that they had in thoughts after they labored their rear ends off all these years. They thought the end result could be fairly the other. Enter the tax-Jackal from Hell, who sits on his rear finish and decides who he’s going to tear off as we speak.
“What’s yours is mine,” he says with a sinister glee. “New rules. You make it, I take it. Thank you.” So a lot for all times within the land of the free.
Kevin Moriarty
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
I’m pals with an aged couple who own and occupy a single-family home in Staten Island, value roughly $1 million.
Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax doesn’t apply to them, however they had been despatched a letter together with probably hundreds of different hardworking, tax-paying middle-class people.
Mayor Mamdani, it’s time to your administration to be held accountable for its mailings and unfair taxes, which have burdened harmless people.
Jeff Cooperman
Land O Lakes, Fla.
Those who’re subject to Mamdani’s silly tax ought to sue him. These householders pay property taxes and put little or no burden on town’s infrastructure, colleges and public providers. Aren’t they already paying their truthful share?
Raymond Fontana
Westbrook, Conn.
In order to stop this fully disgusting ripoff, all householders need to not pay their property taxes. Let them put a lien in your property. We can pay it later when this ridiculous assault is dismissed within the courts.
If we shut off the money provide for Mamdani’s agenda, it’s assured this nonsense will stop.
Gene O’Brien
Whitestone
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The Issue: Democratic socialists pushing Medicare for All as an various to personal medical insurers.
Sally C. Pipes’ column says Medicare for All could be a nightmare (“Socialist Scam,” Post Opinion, Aug. 19).
As a doctor, I acknowledge that health care for a lot of Americans is already a nightmare; 40% of Americans have medical debt.
In different Western international locations with some type of common health-care system, people dwell longer, more healthy lives than we do. The concept that it prices more is incorrect.
We need some type of regulation to make sure good health care at a cheap price. We need Medicare for All.
Marc Lavietes
Bradley Beach, NJ
The circumstances of conventional Medicare are quickly approaching these of the proposed Medicare for All, as provide doesn’t appear to be maintaining up with demand.
With practices owned by hospitals and personal companies, there’s much less incentive to accommodate beneficiaries in a well timed fashion. I’ve to attend eight weeks for a referred MRI appointment and the identical eight weeks for a dermatologist. It is beginning to really feel just like the Canadian single-payer system.
M.A. Fermaglich
Tenafly, NJ
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