Thanks for that information! So in other words there are no real physical installations keeping major trading companies in NYC. I seem to remember that the financial companies want to be very close to the main financial data feed (cable) because seconds i.e. milliseconds make a huge difference in electronic trading.
With the distributed data and the improvements in data speed - NYC really doesn’t have that much to offer anymore. It used to be the nightlife, restaurants, sports, music and other venues - but if crime rates are so high and there is nowhere to go and nothing to do - what’s the attraction? (rhetorical)
Increasingly there’s less and less advantage in staying in Manhattan as you actually increase latency when dealing with the increasingly important Asian markets if you’re there as opposed to the Midwest or West Coast.
As for your question... increasing numbers of people and companies are asking the same question, and with the forced Work From Home caused by COVID-19 more than proving the general usefulness and productivity of WFH, there’s even fewer reasons to be there.