what it would cause. but brad hoylman tweeting saying the real estate lobbyists who say the rich wouldn't buy apartments with the pied-a-terre tax deserve an oscar for acting. which is what the head of new york's top broker predicted on "squawk box" just two weeks ago. >> i don't think it's going to happen the way it's laid out now. i think the governor is a smart man and would come to the senses to what it would do to the economy of new york, new york city especially. i think there'll be something. i don't think it'll be as severe and i don't think it'll be an annual payment >> new tax would raise about $300 million a year or less than half of what the pied-a-terre tax would be >> if the tax doesn't come there, it's going to come somewhere else just like in the tax the last time around.