The New York Times Sunday metropolitan section comes with a left-leaning column but not a right-leaning one. The latest from the left-wing columnist, whose name is Ginia Bellafante, is this:
I would propose another form of cross-subsidization called the You Don't Need to Live in a $50 Million Penthouse Tax, which would require anyone buying a property for more than $10 million (of which there are currently about 280 listed in The Times) to pay a percentage of that cost to an affordable-housing fund. And then commit, in writing, to never complain about it.
The column doesn't mention the relevant fact that there already is a "mansion tax" on real estate transfers in New York of 1 percent on residences sold for $1 million or more. The proceeds are not dedicated exclusively to "affordable" housing, but some of them are spent on that.