Overview
- In late July the Department of Finance posted a searchable supplemental roll listing about 960,000 properties that may be subject to the new surcharge and mailed preliminary notices to roughly 17,000 owners saying they could owe the tax.
- Notified homeowners must now submit documents such as tax returns, IDs, utility bills or trust and LLC agreements to prove a property is a primary residence, placing the burden on owners to rebut the city’s preliminary determination.
- The public roll and mailed notices prompted sharp privacy and safety complaints from residents and commentators who said the searchable file exposed names and addresses and risked doxing.
- City Hall said it is hiring roughly two dozen staff, expanding outreach through 311 and community partners, and on August 1 extended the appeal deadline from August to September 18 to give owners more time to apply for exemptions.
- Longer‑term outcomes remain uncertain because the statute sets $5 million and $1 million thresholds, moves to a comparable‑sales revaluation in July 2028, and revenue estimates vary widely as appeals, exemptions and market responses play out.