{"id":2643135,"date":"2026-08-11T13:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-eyeing-ways-to-block-mamdanis-tax-targeting-second-homes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:05:32","slug":"trump-eyeing-ways-to-block-mamdanis-tax-targeting-second-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-eyeing-ways-to-block-mamdanis-tax-targeting-second-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump eyeing ways to block Mamdani\u2019s tax targeting second homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-eyeing-ways-to-block-mamdanis-tax-targeting-second-homes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2643135&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump stated he is exploring federal actions to end New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s pied-\u00e0-terre tax, which targets second homes. He criticized the tax for being costly to New York and contributing to residents fleeing the city for states like Florida and Texas, which are benefiting financially. Trump characterized the local policies as damaging and predicts they will lead to financial and social ruin for New York. He emphasized his concern about the city&#8217;s future and is seeking legal avenues to prevent the tax\u2019s implementation, which has faced judicial blocking. despite past disagreements, Trump hosted Mamdani at the White House after his election victory, though he remains critical of some of Mamdani\u2019s policies.The article also touches on broader issues of property taxes and political tensions between Trump and the New York City mayor.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4681777\/trump-under-the-radar-campaign-strategy-2026-elections\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said Tuesday that he was exploring ways for the federal government to forcibly end <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"286\">New York City<\/a> Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11802\">Zohran Mamdani\u2019<\/a>s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-yorkers-flee-as-hochul-unveils-new-property-taxes-to-pay-for-mamdanis-pricey-social-programs\/\" title=\"New ...ers Flee as Hochul Unveils New Property ...es to Pay for Mamdani&#039;s Pricey Social Programs\">pied-a-terre tax<\/a>, which targets second homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president wrote on Truth Social that the tax \u201cis costing New York City and State a fortune in that the money, eventually to be gotten, is very little compared to to the TAXES PAID by the tens of thousands of people who are fleeing the City, never to return. Florida, Texas, and numerous other States, are making an absolute fortune!\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4682782\/trump-eyeing-federal-action-block-mamdani-pied-a-terre-tax\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump eyeing federal action to block Mamdani\u2019s pied-a-terre tax targeting second homes<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4681777\/trump-under-the-radar-campaign-strategy-2026-elections\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump doubles up on under-the-radar campaign strategy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4682038\/trump-will-scharf-counsel-potential-democratic-investigations\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump installs loyalist Will Scharf as White House counsel ahead of potential Democratic investigations<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis dangerous political \u201cexperiment\u201d in New York will destroy what was once a great City and State. It is pure Amateur Hour, and it\u2019s hard, as President of the United States of America, to sit back and watch it happen, especially to a place I once loved. Financial, and then Social, RUIN, is a 100% certainty \u2013 And then the Radical Left Jihadists charge Congestion Pricing on top of everything else,\u201d he continued. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t work in America, and must be stopped, NOW! I am looking to see if the Federal Government has any legal right to avert this disaster, before it is too late, for the millions of people who cherish New York and want to see it thrive, as opposed to becoming a filthy, crime ridden, decrepit place of mockery and scorn.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The provision would impose a new tax on individuals who own multiple properties in New York City in addition to their primary residence. A Staten Island judge blocked Mamdani from implementing the tax on Monday, but the mayor\u2019s office said it planned to appeal the ruling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4682437\/treasury-trump-accounts-employers-five-step-guidance\/\"><strong>TREASURY RELEASES FIVE-STEP GUIDANCE FOR EMPLOYERS TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRUMP ACCOUNTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, a native New Yorker, has a complicated relationship with Mamdani, whom the president previously labeled as a poster child of the so-called \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4681715\/trump-jihadists-elected-democratic-primaries\/\">communist<\/a>\u201d takeover of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, following Mamdani\u2019s electoral victory last year, Trump hosted the mayor at the White House for a surprisingly pleasant visit. The president has largely avoided attacking Mamdani personally in the ensuing months, though he has criticized some of his policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump considers federal action to stop NYC&#8217;s pied-a-terre tax<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2643136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Feat.Mayors1.051326-e1786466070975.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56552,4326,83981,8360,3634],"class_list":["post-2643135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-mamdani","tag-policy","tag-second-homes","tag-tax","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Feat.Mayors1.051326-e1786466070975.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643135"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2643139,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643135\/revisions\/2643139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2643136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}