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The stay is the decisive procedural lever in any contested municipal tax rollout.
When a legal challenge is filed against a local levy, the immediate question is not whether the underlying policy is constitutional but whether a court has issued an order halting enforcement while that question moves through the system.
Without a stay, implementation advances. New York City's pied-à-terre tax, championed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has cleared that threshold: the tax can continue its rollout while challengers pursue their appeal.
Federal pressure enters the picture President Donald Trump has declared the tax must be stopped and said he is exploring federal options to intervene.
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