Posted on 01/31/2020 11:55:26 AM PST by C19fan
Two state lawmakers want to find out why people are leaving New York faster than almost any other state in the country.
The latest census numbers show New York's population dropped by 77,000 between 2018 and last year.
According to the Empire Center for Public Policy, 1.4 million people have left New York since 2010. The report shows the majority of people who left moved to Florida, Texas, California, and Pennsylvania.
Republican Sen. Jim Tedisco and Democratic Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, who chairs the Commission on Rural Resources, say they will put a questionnaire online and hold roundtable meetings across the state to get to the bottom of this trend before the Empire State becomes the "Empty State."
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Dumb enough to raise taxes, also too stupid to know the effect.
The citizens of have been leaving ever since New York legalized rape.
... taxes.
They will have to raise taxes to fund a study on why people are leaving.
Yes they can.
Why yes, the jokes *do* write themselves.
Well, Andrew Cuomo has specifically said he does not want conservatives and people who are pro-life in the state. And the way things are going, Cuomo may go down in history as New York’s worst governor since Lord Cornbury.
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