Eisner added: “I don’t think a lot of the typical concerns about migration are concerns when it comes to the pied-à-terre tax. “A tax on a second home is, in most cases, a tax on a luxury.” Still, Mamdani may have suffered a political setback because of how the city informed the public about their potential tax liability. The Staten Island borough president, Vito Fossella, a Republican, reacted to the list by saying: “This is more like Havana than New York City.” The local government regularly releases it as part of its property tax assessment role.