Andy Arons

“It feels like a command-and-control type government like Cuba or China. They say, and they are going to come and take it if you don’t comply. There’s a sort of unspoken threat,”

Andy Arons · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-28

Arons, who has lived in a West Village brownstone for 27 years, compared the tax notice to repressive regimes.

“It’s moving money from people who earned it to people who don’t.”

Andy Arons · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-28

Arons said the pied-à-terre tax episode feels performative and divisive.