Well, that doesn't make any sense then, because you have ongoing carrying costs associated with both properties for as long as you own them.
Now, in the context of selling one property and purchasing another in New York, the Government of Canada may have had to pay but may have been exempt from the following: capital gains tax, the U.S. Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act, state and city transfer taxes and New York's mansion tax.
Which of these taxes or costs did you have to pay, and which, if any, were you exempt from?