Goldman Sachs eying Florida move for key division, report says
By Kate SheehyDecember 6, 2020 | 7:37pm
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Goldman Sachs is eying a move to Florida for one of its key divisions — in what could be yet another major blow to New York City’s position at the helm of the financial industry, a new report says.
The financial titan is considering relocating its $8 billion-revenue-generating asset-management arm to Palm Beach County or Fort Lauderdale, checking out potential real estate, chatting up local officials and weighing the Sunshine State’s tax advantages, sources told Bloomberg.
The potential development comes on the heels of several other investment companies moving from the Big Apple to down South — and battering New York’s bottom line with the loss of white-collar jobs.
There is now the most office space empty in Manhattan since right after 9/11, Bloomberg said.
As The Post reported in October, billionaire Paul Singer has decided to move the headquarters of his hedge fund Elliott Management from Manhattan to Florida, according to sources, while Carl Icahn also made the switch for his offices.
https://nypost.com/2020/12/06/goldman-sachs-eying-florida-move-for-key-division-report/
Border patrol to expand DNA collection of certain illegal immigrants nationwide
By John Solomon Updated: December 6, 2020 - 10:50pm
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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol is expanding nationwide its efforts to collect DNA samples from certain illegal immigrants suspected of crimes and plans to complete the process by month’s end, well ahead of its deadline.
“This aggressive timeline represents a strong commitment by CBP to implement collection under this law, well ahead of the 3 years contemplated by the rule,” the agency said.
The DNA collections were authorized by the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 passed by Congress in early 2006, which required CBP to gather DNA from individuals who are arrested, facing criminal charges or convicted, and from non-U.S. individuals who are detained under federal authority. The samples are supposed to be added to the FBI database known as the Combined DNA Index System or CODIS.
Under the Obama administration, however, CBP was granted an exemption from complying with the law by claiming “operational exigencies or resource limitations.”
The Trump Justice Department eliminated that exemption earlier this year, and CBP began a pilot program in January to begin the legally required DNA collections.
“The pilot programs that began in January have provided the information CBP needed to successfully meet its legal requirements for nationwide collection,” the agency said last week. “CBP has rolled out the collection program more broadly in monthly phases and will reach full operation by Dec. 31, 2020.”
Liberals ruin one place and move to another.