New York to tax luxury second homes in NYC but stops short of hiking income taxes on the wealthy

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NEW YORK (AP) — People who buy luxurious second homes in New York City, but live most of the year elsewhere, would have to pay a new tax on the properties under a tentative agreement — an initiative to appease Mayor Zohran Mamdani and liberal voters who launched him into office with chants of “tax the rich.” But the deal, part of a sprawling budget plan announced Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul , would stop short of a major priority for the mayor : a broad tax increase on the state’s wealthiest

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that collided with the widget's id, which an ID-based // query would have removed alongside the widget. The H1 id has // since been removed (see also: ), but // class selectors remain the safer pattern. '.insticator-product-group', '.instiengage-core-commenting', '.instiengage-trending-now', // Legacy targets — kept defensively in case any older surface lingers. '.piano-in-article-reco', '.connatixcontainer', '.twitter-tweet', '#comment-policy', '#comment-block' ]; selectorsToRemove.forEach(function (sel) { document.querySelectorAll(sel).forEach(function (el) { el.remove(); }); }); // Post-pass: any .twt-content-only-hide wrapper that's left with only // ornamental content ( elements, whitespace, or nothing) is an // orphan from removed ad/recirc content. Sweep them up so we don't show // empty striped blocks between paragraphs. document.querySelectorAll('.twt-content-only-hide').forEach(function (el) { var hasMeaningfulContent = Array.prototype.some.call(el.children, function (child) { return child.tagName !== 'HR' && child.tagName !== 'SCRIPT'; }); if (!hasMeaningfulContent) { el.remove(); } }); // Drop any height that prior code may have set on .bigtext so it grows // to fit the visible body + paywall iframe naturally. Also clear the // base `overflow: hidden` from typography.scss — `overflow: hidden` // on .bigtext would silently break `position: sticky` on the paywall // by turning .bigtext into a non-scrolling clip context. $btext.css({ 'height': 'auto', 'overflow': 'visible' }); // Sync the sticky context now and ensure the resize/observe handlers // are registered exactly once (re-firing showOffer won't stack them). syncStickyContext(); ensureStickyHandlersRegistered(); }]); /* * Sticky context helpers, hoisted out of the showOffer handler so they * register exactly once and don't leak observers/listeners on re-fire. * * `syncStickyContext` looks up the active paywall container fresh each * call (whichever element currently carries `.template-shown`) so it * works regardless of which content-lock variant Composer fired. */ var STICKY_BOTTOM_BUFFER = 24; // breathing room below iframe var STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK = 167; // when sticky nav not yet present function getStickyTopOffset() { // Compute from the actual sticky nav so the paywall lines up correctly // even if the nav height changes (responsive break, banner above it, // future redesign). Add a small visual gap below the nav. var stickyNav = document.querySelector('.header-container.sticky'); var navHeight = (stickyNav && stickyNav.offsetHeight) || 0; return (navHeight > 0 ? navHeight : STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK - 10) + 10; } function syncStickyContext() { var $btext = $('.bigtext'); var $container = $( '.piano-content-lock-upper.template-shown, .piano-content-lock.template-shown' ).first(); if (!$btext.length || !$container.length) return; if (window.innerWidth 0 && iframeHeight Skip to content Close Back America's Newspaper 1 Subscribe Close Sign in Sign in Subscribe Newsletter signup Gift subscriptions Customer service Sign Out My Account Manage newsletters Gift subscriptions Today's E-Edition Customer service Search Search Keyword: Search News Corrections Politics National World Security The Advocates Seen, Heard & Whispered Business & Economy D.C. 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that collided with the widget's id, which an ID-based // query would have removed alongside the widget. The H1 id has // since been removed (see also: ), but // class selectors remain the safer pattern. '.insticator-product-group', '.instiengage-core-commenting', '.instiengage-trending-now', // Legacy targets — kept defensively in case any older surface lingers. '.piano-in-article-reco', '.connatixcontainer', '.twitter-tweet', '#comment-policy', '#comment-block' ]; selectorsToRemove.forEach(function (sel) { document.querySelectorAll(sel).forEach(function (el) { el.remove(); }); }); // Post-pass: any .twt-content-only-hide wrapper that's left with only // ornamental content ( elements, whitespace, or nothing) is an // orphan from removed ad/recirc content. Sweep them up so we don't show // empty striped blocks between paragraphs. document.querySelectorAll('.twt-content-only-hide').forEach(function (el) { var hasMeaningfulContent = Array.prototype.some.call(el.children, function (child) { return child.tagName !== 'HR' && child.tagName !== 'SCRIPT'; }); if (!hasMeaningfulContent) { el.remove(); } }); // Drop any height that prior code may have set on .bigtext so it grows // to fit the visible body + paywall iframe naturally. Also clear the // base `overflow: hidden` from typography.scss — `overflow: hidden` // on .bigtext would silently break `position: sticky` on the paywall // by turning .bigtext into a non-scrolling clip context. $btext.css({ 'height': 'auto', 'overflow': 'visible' }); // Sync the sticky context now and ensure the resize/observe handlers // are registered exactly once (re-firing showOffer won't stack them). syncStickyContext(); ensureStickyHandlersRegistered(); }]); /* * Sticky context helpers, hoisted out of the showOffer handler so they * register exactly once and don't leak observers/listeners on re-fire. * * `syncStickyContext` looks up the active paywall container fresh each * call (whichever element currently carries `.template-shown`) so it * works regardless of which content-lock variant Composer fired. */ var STICKY_BOTTOM_BUFFER = 24; // breathing room below iframe var STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK = 167; // when sticky nav not yet present function getStickyTopOffset() { // Compute from the actual sticky nav so the paywall lines up correctly // even if the nav height changes (responsive break, banner above it, // future redesign). Add a small visual gap below the nav. var stickyNav = document.querySelector('.header-container.sticky'); var navHeight = (stickyNav && stickyNav.offsetHeight) || 0; return (navHeight > 0 ? navHeight : STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK - 10) + 10; } function syncStickyContext() { var $btext = $('.bigtext'); var $container = $( '.piano-content-lock-upper.template-shown, .piano-content-lock.template-shown' ).first(); if (!$btext.length || !$container.length) return; if (window.innerWidth 0 && iframeHeight Skip to content Close Back America's Newspaper 1 Subscribe Close Sign in Sign in Subscribe Newsletter signup Gift subscriptions Customer service Sign Out My Account Manage newsletters Gift subscriptions Today's E-Edition Customer service Search Search Keyword: Search News Corrections Politics National World Security The Advocates Seen, Heard & Whispered Business & Economy D.C. 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that collided with the widget's id, which an ID-based // query would have removed alongside the widget. The H1 id has // since been removed (see also: ), but // class selectors remain the safer pattern. '.insticator-product-group', '.instiengage-core-commenting', '.instiengage-trending-now', // Legacy targets — kept defensively in case any older surface lingers. '.piano-in-article-reco', '.connatixcontainer', '.twitter-tweet', '#comment-policy', '#comment-block' ]; selectorsToRemove.forEach(function (sel) { document.querySelectorAll(sel).forEach(function (el) { el.remove(); }); }); // Post-pass: any .twt-content-only-hide wrapper that's left with only // ornamental content ( elements, whitespace, or nothing) is an // orphan from removed ad/recirc content. Sweep them up so we don't show // empty striped blocks between paragraphs. document.querySelectorAll('.twt-content-only-hide').forEach(function (el) { var hasMeaningfulContent = Array.prototype.some.call(el.children, function (child) { return child.tagName !== 'HR' && child.tagName !== 'SCRIPT'; }); if (!hasMeaningfulContent) { el.remove(); } }); // Drop any height that prior code may have set on .bigtext so it grows // to fit the visible body + paywall iframe naturally. Also clear the // base `overflow: hidden` from typography.scss — `overflow: hidden` // on .bigtext would silently break `position: sticky` on the paywall // by turning .bigtext into a non-scrolling clip context. $btext.css({ 'height': 'auto', 'overflow': 'visible' }); // Sync the sticky context now and ensure the resize/observe handlers // are registered exactly once (re-firing showOffer won't stack them). syncStickyContext(); ensureStickyHandlersRegistered(); }]); /* * Sticky context helpers, hoisted out of the showOffer handler so they * register exactly once and don't leak observers/listeners on re-fire. * * `syncStickyContext` looks up the active paywall container fresh each * call (whichever element currently carries `.template-shown`) so it * works regardless of which content-lock variant Composer fired. */ var STICKY_BOTTOM_BUFFER = 24; // breathing room below iframe var STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK = 167; // when sticky nav not yet present function getStickyTopOffset() { // Compute from the actual sticky nav so the paywall lines up correctly // even if the nav height changes (responsive break, banner above it, // future redesign). Add a small visual gap below the nav. var stickyNav = document.querySelector('.header-container.sticky'); var navHeight = (stickyNav && stickyNav.offsetHeight) || 0; return (navHeight > 0 ? navHeight : STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK - 10) + 10; } function syncStickyContext() { var $btext = $('.bigtext'); var $container = $( '.piano-content-lock-upper.template-shown, .piano-content-lock.template-shown' ).first(); if (!$btext.length || !$container.length) return; if (window.innerWidth 0 && iframeHeight Skip to content Close Back America's Newspaper 1 Subscribe Close Sign in Sign in Subscribe Newsletter signup Gift subscriptions Customer service Sign Out My Account Manage newsletters Gift subscriptions Today's E-Edition Customer service Search Search Keyword: Search News Corrections Politics National World Security The Advocates Seen, Heard & Whispered Business & Economy D.C. 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that collided with the widget's id, which an ID-based // query would have removed alongside the widget. The H1 id has // since been removed (see also: ), but // class selectors remain the safer pattern. '.insticator-product-group', '.instiengage-core-commenting', '.instiengage-trending-now', // Legacy targets — kept defensively in case any older surface lingers. '.piano-in-article-reco', '.connatixcontainer', '.twitter-tweet', '#comment-policy', '#comment-block' ]; selectorsToRemove.forEach(function (sel) { document.querySelectorAll(sel).forEach(function (el) { el.remove(); }); }); // Post-pass: any .twt-content-only-hide wrapper that's left with only // ornamental content ( elements, whitespace, or nothing) is an // orphan from removed ad/recirc content. Sweep them up so we don't show // empty striped blocks between paragraphs. document.querySelectorAll('.twt-content-only-hide').forEach(function (el) { var hasMeaningfulContent = Array.prototype.some.call(el.children, function (child) { return child.tagName !== 'HR' && child.tagName !== 'SCRIPT'; }); if (!hasMeaningfulContent) { el.remove(); } }); // Drop any height that prior code may have set on .bigtext so it grows // to fit the visible body + paywall iframe naturally. Also clear the // base `overflow: hidden` from typography.scss — `overflow: hidden` // on .bigtext would silently break `position: sticky` on the paywall // by turning .bigtext into a non-scrolling clip context. $btext.css({ 'height': 'auto', 'overflow': 'visible' }); // Sync the sticky context now and ensure the resize/observe handlers // are registered exactly once (re-firing showOffer won't stack them). syncStickyContext(); ensureStickyHandlersRegistered(); }]); /* * Sticky context helpers, hoisted out of the showOffer handler so they * register exactly once and don't leak observers/listeners on re-fire. * * `syncStickyContext` looks up the active paywall container fresh each * call (whichever element currently carries `.template-shown`) so it * works regardless of which content-lock variant Composer fired. */ var STICKY_BOTTOM_BUFFER = 24; // breathing room below iframe var STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK = 167; // when sticky nav not yet present function getStickyTopOffset() { // Compute from the actual sticky nav so the paywall lines up correctly // even if the nav height changes (responsive break, banner above it, // future redesign). Add a small visual gap below the nav. var stickyNav = document.querySelector('.header-container.sticky'); var navHeight = (stickyNav && stickyNav.offsetHeight) || 0; return (navHeight > 0 ? navHeight : STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK - 10) + 10; } function syncStickyContext() { var $btext = $('.bigtext'); var $container = $( '.piano-content-lock-upper.template-shown, .piano-content-lock.template-shown' ).first(); if (!$btext.length || !$container.length) return; if (window.innerWidth 0 && iframeHeight Skip to content Close Back America's Newspaper 1 Subscribe Close Sign in Sign in Subscribe Newsletter signup Gift subscriptions Customer service Sign Out My Account Manage newsletters Gift subscriptions Today's E-Edition Customer service Search Search Keyword: Search News Corrections Politics National World Security The Advocates Seen, Heard & Whispered Business & Economy D.C. 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that collided with the widget's id, which an ID-based // query would have removed alongside the widget. The H1 id has // since been removed (see also: ), but // class selectors remain the safer pattern. '.insticator-product-group', '.instiengage-core-commenting', '.instiengage-trending-now', // Legacy targets — kept defensively in case any older surface lingers. '.piano-in-article-reco', '.connatixcontainer', '.twitter-tweet', '#comment-policy', '#comment-block' ]; selectorsToRemove.forEach(function (sel) { document.querySelectorAll(sel).forEach(function (el) { el.remove(); }); }); // Post-pass: any .twt-content-only-hide wrapper that's left with only // ornamental content ( elements, whitespace, or nothing) is an // orphan from removed ad/recirc content. Sweep them up so we don't show // empty striped blocks between paragraphs. document.querySelectorAll('.twt-content-only-hide').forEach(function (el) { var hasMeaningfulContent = Array.prototype.some.call(el.children, function (child) { return child.tagName !== 'HR' && child.tagName !== 'SCRIPT'; }); if (!hasMeaningfulContent) { el.remove(); } }); // Drop any height that prior code may have set on .bigtext so it grows // to fit the visible body + paywall iframe naturally. Also clear the // base `overflow: hidden` from typography.scss — `overflow: hidden` // on .bigtext would silently break `position: sticky` on the paywall // by turning .bigtext into a non-scrolling clip context. $btext.css({ 'height': 'auto', 'overflow': 'visible' }); // Sync the sticky context now and ensure the resize/observe handlers // are registered exactly once (re-firing showOffer won't stack them). syncStickyContext(); ensureStickyHandlersRegistered(); }]); /* * Sticky context helpers, hoisted out of the showOffer handler so they * register exactly once and don't leak observers/listeners on re-fire. * * `syncStickyContext` looks up the active paywall container fresh each * call (whichever element currently carries `.template-shown`) so it * works regardless of which content-lock variant Composer fired. */ var STICKY_BOTTOM_BUFFER = 24; // breathing room below iframe var STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK = 167; // when sticky nav not yet present function getStickyTopOffset() { // Compute from the actual sticky nav so the paywall lines up correctly // even if the nav height changes (responsive break, banner above it, // future redesign). Add a small visual gap below the nav. var stickyNav = document.querySelector('.header-container.sticky'); var navHeight = (stickyNav && stickyNav.offsetHeight) || 0; return (navHeight > 0 ? navHeight : STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK - 10) + 10; } function syncStickyContext() { var $btext = $('.bigtext'); var $container = $( '.piano-content-lock-upper.template-shown, .piano-content-lock.template-shown' ).first(); if (!$btext.length || !$container.length) return; if (window.innerWidth 0 && iframeHeight Skip to content Close Back America's Newspaper 1 Subscribe Close Sign in Sign in Subscribe Newsletter signup Gift subscriptions Customer service Sign Out My Account Manage newsletters Gift subscriptions Today's E-Edition Customer service Search Search Keyword: Search News Corrections Politics National World Security The Advocates Seen, Heard & Whispered Business & Economy D.C. 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May Michael McKenna Stephen Moore Tim Murtaugh Peter Navarro Everett Piper Cal Thomas Scott Walker Miles Yu Black Voices Books Cartoons To the Republic Sports Sports Main Corrections Washington Commanders Football Baseball Basketball NCAA Thom Loverro Tennis Golf Hockey Soccer Horse Racing NASCAR & Racing District of Sports Podcast Sports Photos Sponsored Corrections American energy unleashed Infrastructure 2026 Building the health care Americans deserve Revitalizing Rural America Unbridled Clean Energy Faith at Work Building a healthier America Transportation 2025 Investing in American Health Free Iran 2025 Invest in Greece 2025 Events Corrections Subscriber Only Events Reagan Forum IDEX 2025 Reinventing after Globalization Harm Reduction and Public Health Golden Dome for America Videos Things to do in D.C. 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Oleka joins Kelly Sadler Conservative author Peter Schweizer: Mexico sees mass migration as way to reclaim U.S. territory LISTEN: Wealth-building with God John Coleman joins Cheryl Chumley’s Bold and Blunt podcast TRENDING: Donald Trump Iran China Strait of Hormuz Marco Rubio Supreme Court New York Russia Pope Leo XIV Xi Jinping Advertisement Home Opinion Commentary The glaring failure at the U.N.’s current nuclear weapons conference http://www.washingtontimes.com - 00:28
that collided with the widget's id, which an ID-based // query would have removed alongside the widget. The H1 id has // since been removed (see also: ), but // class selectors remain the safer pattern. '.insticator-product-group', '.instiengage-core-commenting', '.instiengage-trending-now', // Legacy targets — kept defensively in case any older surface lingers. '.piano-in-article-reco', '.connatixcontainer', '.twitter-tweet', '#comment-policy', '#comment-block' ]; selectorsToRemove.forEach(function (sel) { document.querySelectorAll(sel).forEach(function (el) { el.remove(); }); }); // Post-pass: any .twt-content-only-hide wrapper that's left with only // ornamental content ( elements, whitespace, or nothing) is an // orphan from removed ad/recirc content. Sweep them up so we don't show // empty striped blocks between paragraphs. document.querySelectorAll('.twt-content-only-hide').forEach(function (el) { var hasMeaningfulContent = Array.prototype.some.call(el.children, function (child) { return child.tagName !== 'HR' && child.tagName !== 'SCRIPT'; }); if (!hasMeaningfulContent) { el.remove(); } }); // Drop any height that prior code may have set on .bigtext so it grows // to fit the visible body + paywall iframe naturally. Also clear the // base `overflow: hidden` from typography.scss — `overflow: hidden` // on .bigtext would silently break `position: sticky` on the paywall // by turning .bigtext into a non-scrolling clip context. $btext.css({ 'height': 'auto', 'overflow': 'visible' }); // Sync the sticky context now and ensure the resize/observe handlers // are registered exactly once (re-firing showOffer won't stack them). syncStickyContext(); ensureStickyHandlersRegistered(); }]); /* * Sticky context helpers, hoisted out of the showOffer handler so they * register exactly once and don't leak observers/listeners on re-fire. * * `syncStickyContext` looks up the active paywall container fresh each * call (whichever element currently carries `.template-shown`) so it * works regardless of which content-lock variant Composer fired. */ var STICKY_BOTTOM_BUFFER = 24; // breathing room below iframe var STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK = 167; // when sticky nav not yet present function getStickyTopOffset() { // Compute from the actual sticky nav so the paywall lines up correctly // even if the nav height changes (responsive break, banner above it, // future redesign). 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that collided with the widget's id, which an ID-based // query would have removed alongside the widget. The H1 id has // since been removed (see also: ), but // class selectors remain the safer pattern. '.insticator-product-group', '.instiengage-core-commenting', '.instiengage-trending-now', // Legacy targets — kept defensively in case any older surface lingers. '.piano-in-article-reco', '.connatixcontainer', '.twitter-tweet', '#comment-policy', '#comment-block' ]; selectorsToRemove.forEach(function (sel) { document.querySelectorAll(sel).forEach(function (el) { el.remove(); }); }); // Post-pass: any .twt-content-only-hide wrapper that's left with only // ornamental content ( elements, whitespace, or nothing) is an // orphan from removed ad/recirc content. Sweep them up so we don't show // empty striped blocks between paragraphs. document.querySelectorAll('.twt-content-only-hide').forEach(function (el) { var hasMeaningfulContent = Array.prototype.some.call(el.children, function (child) { return child.tagName !== 'HR' && child.tagName !== 'SCRIPT'; }); if (!hasMeaningfulContent) { el.remove(); } }); // Drop any height that prior code may have set on .bigtext so it grows // to fit the visible body + paywall iframe naturally. Also clear the // base `overflow: hidden` from typography.scss — `overflow: hidden` // on .bigtext would silently break `position: sticky` on the paywall // by turning .bigtext into a non-scrolling clip context. $btext.css({ 'height': 'auto', 'overflow': 'visible' }); // Sync the sticky context now and ensure the resize/observe handlers // are registered exactly once (re-firing showOffer won't stack them). syncStickyContext(); ensureStickyHandlersRegistered(); }]); /* * Sticky context helpers, hoisted out of the showOffer handler so they * register exactly once and don't leak observers/listeners on re-fire. * * `syncStickyContext` looks up the active paywall container fresh each * call (whichever element currently carries `.template-shown`) so it * works regardless of which content-lock variant Composer fired. */ var STICKY_BOTTOM_BUFFER = 24; // breathing room below iframe var STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK = 167; // when sticky nav not yet present function getStickyTopOffset() { // Compute from the actual sticky nav so the paywall lines up correctly // even if the nav height changes (responsive break, banner above it, // future redesign). Add a small visual gap below the nav. var stickyNav = document.querySelector('.header-container.sticky'); var navHeight = (stickyNav && stickyNav.offsetHeight) || 0; return (navHeight > 0 ? navHeight : STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK - 10) + 10; } function syncStickyContext() { var $btext = $('.bigtext'); var $container = $( '.piano-content-lock-upper.template-shown, .piano-content-lock.template-shown' ).first(); if (!$btext.length || !$container.length) return; if (window.innerWidth 0 && iframeHeight Skip to content Close Back America's Newspaper 1 Subscribe Close Sign in Sign in Subscribe Newsletter signup Gift subscriptions Customer service Sign Out My Account Manage newsletters Gift subscriptions Today's E-Edition Customer service Search Search Keyword: Search News Corrections Politics National World Security The Advocates Seen, Heard & Whispered Business & Economy D.C. 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that collided with the widget's id, which an ID-based // query would have removed alongside the widget. The H1 id has // since been removed (see also: ), but // class selectors remain the safer pattern. '.insticator-product-group', '.instiengage-core-commenting', '.instiengage-trending-now', // Legacy targets — kept defensively in case any older surface lingers. '.piano-in-article-reco', '.connatixcontainer', '.twitter-tweet', '#comment-policy', '#comment-block' ]; selectorsToRemove.forEach(function (sel) { document.querySelectorAll(sel).forEach(function (el) { el.remove(); }); }); // Post-pass: any .twt-content-only-hide wrapper that's left with only // ornamental content ( elements, whitespace, or nothing) is an // orphan from removed ad/recirc content. Sweep them up so we don't show // empty striped blocks between paragraphs. document.querySelectorAll('.twt-content-only-hide').forEach(function (el) { var hasMeaningfulContent = Array.prototype.some.call(el.children, function (child) { return child.tagName !== 'HR' && child.tagName !== 'SCRIPT'; }); if (!hasMeaningfulContent) { el.remove(); } }); // Drop any height that prior code may have set on .bigtext so it grows // to fit the visible body + paywall iframe naturally. Also clear the // base `overflow: hidden` from typography.scss — `overflow: hidden` // on .bigtext would silently break `position: sticky` on the paywall // by turning .bigtext into a non-scrolling clip context. $btext.css({ 'height': 'auto', 'overflow': 'visible' }); // Sync the sticky context now and ensure the resize/observe handlers // are registered exactly once (re-firing showOffer won't stack them). syncStickyContext(); ensureStickyHandlersRegistered(); }]); /* * Sticky context helpers, hoisted out of the showOffer handler so they * register exactly once and don't leak observers/listeners on re-fire. * * `syncStickyContext` looks up the active paywall container fresh each * call (whichever element currently carries `.template-shown`) so it * works regardless of which content-lock variant Composer fired. */ var STICKY_BOTTOM_BUFFER = 24; // breathing room below iframe var STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK = 167; // when sticky nav not yet present function getStickyTopOffset() { // Compute from the actual sticky nav so the paywall lines up correctly // even if the nav height changes (responsive break, banner above it, // future redesign). Add a small visual gap below the nav. var stickyNav = document.querySelector('.header-container.sticky'); var navHeight = (stickyNav && stickyNav.offsetHeight) || 0; return (navHeight > 0 ? navHeight : STICKY_TOP_OFFSET_FALLBACK - 10) + 10; } function syncStickyContext() { var $btext = $('.bigtext'); var $container = $( '.piano-content-lock-upper.template-shown, .piano-content-lock.template-shown' ).first(); if (!$btext.length || !$container.length) return; if (window.innerWidth 0 && iframeHeight Skip to content Close Back America's Newspaper 1 Subscribe Close Sign in Sign in Subscribe Newsletter signup Gift subscriptions Customer service Sign Out My Account Manage newsletters Gift subscriptions Today's E-Edition Customer service Search Search Keyword: Search News Corrections Politics National World Security The Advocates Seen, Heard & Whispered Business & Economy D.C. 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