How NYC's 'radical' pied-à-terre tax became a 'common sense' budget strategy

Residential luxury towers stand along nicknamed Billionaires Row, a stretch of 57th Street that holds the majority of Manhattan’s supertall luxury towers.

Residential luxury towers on "Billionaires Row," a stretch of 57th Street crowded with supertall luxury towers.

Efforts to impose a tax on luxury second homes once faced fierce opposition, tracing the changes in the city’s political landscape. [ more › ]