Originally Posted by berryberryLol. He's already made his millions from investing in NYC. It's easy for him to say this now. He no longer needs NYC. But he's clearly biting the hand that has fed him so well for decades.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...w-report-says/ Originally Posted by HDGristleOops... this doesn't fit the narrative at all.
New York loses $1 Trillion in Wall Street Business as firms flee the cityLol
A giant, sucking sound is coming out of Wall Street — and it’s siphoning staggering sums of money out of the Big Apple while handing business to Florida and other states farther south.
Nearly 160 Wall Street firms have moved their headquarters out of New York since the end of 2019, taking nearly $1 trillion — yes, that’s trillion with a “T” — in assets under management with them, according to data from 17,000 companies compiled by Bloomberg.
Looking to dodge rampant crime, stiff taxes and an increasingly exorbitant cost of living, 158 fed-up financial firms representing a whopping $993 billion in assets have packed up and left the Big Apple, taking thousands of high-paid employees with them, the data shows.
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In all, 56 of the New York firms have decamped to Florida, while most of those remaining also headed to warmer states such as Texas and the Carolinas, according to the report. New York isn’t the only major loser, with California also having lost $1 trillion in financial assets under management to Florida, Texas and other lower-cost states.
Other major losers to Florida include Chicago, which lost billionaire Ken Griffin’s giant hedge fund Citadel to Miami last year.
The mass migration threatens a crippling economic blow. Last year, Wall Street accounted for 16% of all the economic activity in the city and 7.3% of economic activity statewide
Likewise, the exodus has grave tax implications for the city and state. Last year, financial firms paid $5.4 billion in New York taxes and accounted for nearly a quarter of all personal income tax collections, according to the report. Originally Posted by berryberry