Hey Cuomo and De Blasio:
Posted on 09/08/2020 11:18:01 AM PDT by dennisw
‘Nobody is leaving!’ Hamptons locals say wealthy visitors are staying put after Labor Day Weekend to avoid paying city taxes - with some houses renting for $100,000 A MONTH over winter
Affluent New York City residents who fled to the Hamptons during the COVID-19 pandemic have chosen to stay through winter
Labor Day Weekend is typically the cut off for summer vacation in the Hamptons, but 'Nobody is f****** leaving,' one resident said
Real estate agent noted that properties are still being purchased, including one for $300,000 rented from September to November Local businesses said the post-summer break has been replaced with a continual line of customers Schools in the Hamptons expect to see an uptick in student registration the seams.'
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But local officials fear the added residents could spark a second wave of the coronavirus
After spending six months out of the city, those residents can list the Hamptons as their primary residence and avoid paying New York City 2020 income taxes
New Yorkers who escaped to the Hamptons during the pandemic have hunkered down for the year as they avoid paying city taxes and some rental properties charged $300,000 ahead of winter.
The arrival of the coronavirus pandemic prompted a number of Big Apple residents to flee to the affluent communities along Long Island’s South Fork.
The Hamptons have long been a coveted holiday destination for wealthy Americans, who breezed into the towns for summer and left just as quickly with the arrival of autumn.
Normally, Labor Day Weekend marked the final ‘hoorah’ for vacationing New Yorkers but local residents said those people haven’t left yet - and there’s no sign they will anytime soon.
‘Nobody is f****** leaving,’ one resident told Vanity Fair. ‘The town is bursting at the seams.
The publication reports that the population in East Hampton, where the median household income is $103,000, usually records a year-round population of just over 21,000 people.
But in the summer, it’s estimated that the population quadruples in size.
Over the years, the Tuesday after Labor Day has been dubbed ‘Tumbleweed Tuesday’ for the array of empty wine bottles and vacant beaches left behind.
During the pandemic, however, businesses across the Hamptons have said no such exodus has happened this year.
‘I officially canceled Tumbleweed Tuesday on Facebook because it’s not happening this year,’Judi Bistrian, of East Hampton’s Reutershan Firewood, told Vanity Fair.
You can only hope that they did NOT fill out their census form. Otherwise NY will get to benefit from them for another 10 years. Take the taxes away AND the representation.
Hey Cuomo and De Blasio:
Yeah. It doesn’t work that way.
If you are a resident of NYC...you are paying its wage tax.
“Hamptons locals say wealthy visitors are staying put after Labor Day Weekend to avoid paying city taxes...”
The same thing happened in 1989 when people refused to go back to East Germany after their vacations.
non-NYC residents that work in NYC pay NYC income taxes...
Best Gomer Pyle voice “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise”
Residents are afraid to leave. They can’t be sure about police protection so they want to be home when the protesters show up
I think that they are still in New York State, just not in New York City with, which has an extra tax above state income taxes.
Labor Day Weekend is typically the cut off for summer vacation in the Hamptons, but ‘Nobody is f****** leaving,’ one resident said...
Figures, they hate the elite jerks, and appreciate their cash
>>The same thing happened in 1989 when people refused to go back to East Germany after their vacations.<<
A guy had just left his car to be worked on in a garage in East Berlin and was visiting a friend in West Berlin. That night the wall went up and people were no longer allowed to move between them.
Fast forward to Nov 10, 1989.
The guy goes back to where he left his car. Amazingly, the garage is still in business! He goes in and asks “I do not suppose you remember me. I left my car here the day the wall went up.”
The repairmen says “Sure I remember you. In fact we still have your car.”
The guy says “Unbelievable! Is it fixed?”
The repairman says “I will have for you next Tuesday.”
When did that start? When I lived in NY that wasn’t the case—police, fire, and sanitation unions wouldn’t stand for it.
:-)
I grew up in Jersey. My dad worked in the city (NYC). He paid Federal income tax, New Jersey income tax, NYC income tax...and I’m pretty sure NY State that nome tax.
Don't know as these people who left the "CITY" in the spring would still be "part-year" residents of NYC and full residents of NY State. When I do tax returns for NY wage W2s, there is a checkbox for NYC and Yonkers residents. If they are not resident there then generally their "Local" withholdings are the tax payment to the NYC, however if they are residents then I think it increases the NY State amount due.
This year, boy is that residency fight going to be a knock-down FIGHT! It was bad enough when residents fled to Florida like Rush BUT a whole community of WEALTH outside those magical boundaries, WOW!
It is not just NYC. There are 90K NH residents that used to commute into Mass for work. At least half of them are not driving into MA anymore. Therefore, they should not be paying income tax to MA.
This is happening all over the country. Anywhere there is a major metro area close to a state line. It is going to be a major fight between state and local governments.
Ich bin ein Brooklyner!
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