Pied-à-Terre Tax Database Backlash — "Doxxing" Framing + Bronx-Home Errors

The Department of Finance mailed ~17,000 notification letters Jul 23 to owners of $5M+ non-primary residences ahead of the new pied-à-terre tax, then published a searchable database Jul 24 that lists names and addresses of all ~960K owners of $1M+ non-primary residences in the five boroughs — a much broader universe than the ~31K actually subject to the tax. Right-wing outlets (Daily Wire, Washington Times, Townhall, PJ Media) framed the disclosure as "doxxing," an emphasis heightened by the timing after the Jul 23 UWS double stabbing. Substantive complaints center on wrongly included modest homes — e.g. working-class Throggs Neck properties on Chaffee Ave — that appear because DOF used a $1M assessed-value net rather than the actual $5M market-value threshold. Owners must file for exemption by Aug 21 or 24. Mamdani (Jul 29 NY1 + Bloomberg) is standing by the rollout.