•Economic Club of New York Panel Discussion: NYC Residential Real Estate and the New Pied-À-Terre Tax Law: What we know, what we don't, and how the market is responding.
September 1, 2026 | 6:00 PM–8:00 PM
•Co-ops and Condos United of NY Webinar: Expert Insights Legislative Updates: Pied-à-Terre Tax Rules and Implementation
June 12, 2026 | 1:00 PM
•Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. Webinar: Preparing Co-ops and Condos for NYC's New Pied-à-Terre Surcharge
Property tax lawyer Ben Williams said city officials could have requested that information earlier, as the city has now determined the homeowners who filed suit are exempt from the surcharge.
Real estate attorney Benjamin Williams said many property owners believe they have been wrongly targeted as the city works to identify luxury second homes. “Well, what people are really saying is, ‘This is not fair. I shouldn’t have to pay this,’” Williams said.
“I have clients who have a house in the Hamptons, a house in Florida, and an apartment in the city,” said Benjamin M. Williams, a lawyer with the firm Rosenberg & Estis who has gotten the calls. He added: “Let’s say that they file their income tax return at the Hamptons house as their residence and their driver’s license and voter registration is at the Hamptons house, but they spend most of their nights at the apartment on Park Avenue, technically they are primary residents of New York City”
New York Post | By Hannah Fierick and Peter Senzamici
•Still property Tax Attorney Benjamin Williams of Rosenberg and Estis, PC said he’s telling his clients to continue filing their appeals or registrations for the tax until the city gives out more information on the ruling.
“Owners should not assume the ruling gives them more time or that the tax is going away. Until there is clear direction from the court or the city, the best course is to protect your rights and meet the filing deadline,” he said in a statement to The Post.
Ben Williams, who leads the property tax department at Rosenberg & Estis, also said he doesn’t see an “obvious unilateral power” for Trump to stop the tax.
•Benjamin Williams of Rosenberg & Estis told me some of his clients are facing tax surcharges of $40,000 or $50,000 a year despite having full-time tenants in their alleged pied-à-terre, which should spare them from the tax. But the city has put the burden on owners to prove that. A lease is not sufficient.
“We are in a limbo because we’re waiting to see that the city files the actual appeal and the court makes a decision,” said Benjamin Williams, a tax attorney with Rosenberg & Estis. “And we’re holding our breath because now the exemption filing deadline is in six days.”
Real estate attorney Benjamin Williams said many property owners believe they have been wrongly targeted as the city works to identify luxury second homes.
