{"id":170096,"date":"2026-03-21T05:03:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/170096\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T05:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:03:38","slug":"new-york-begs-wealthy-floridians-to-return-to-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/170096\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Begs Wealthy Floridians to Return to State"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York\u2019s desperate governor is turning to a well-known practice in New York City<\/a>: aggressive begging.<\/p>\n

While speaking at Politico\u2019s \u201cNew York Agenda: Albany Summit\u201d last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, admitted that the state\u2019s tax base has eroded and that it faces a deepening fiscal crisis.<\/p>\n

She then put out a call for wealthy, former New Yorkers to come back to the state so they can be robbed again by beneficent government overlords.<\/p>\n

Kathy Hochul making a weak plea for wealthy people who have left New York (to red states like Florida) to come back to pay their high taxes to fund failing (unaccountable) social programs: <\/p>\n

\u201cI need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/7quhsFyWyn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we want to have in our state,\u201d Hochul said. \u201cThere are some patriotic millionaires who stepped up. Ok. Cut me the checks. But if you want to be supportive, maybe the first step should be to go down to Palm Beach and see who you can bring back home.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is unbelievably, well, rich of her to say.<\/p>\n

As more than a few folks on X recalled, Hochul was insistent in 2022 that anyone who disagreed with the leftward direction of the state should just \u201cjump on a bus and head down to Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whats really Ironic about the Kathy Hochul Begging for Millionaires to come back to NYC is that in her Victory Speech after she defeated Lee Zeldin in 2022 she told people that didn’t like her Policies to “Get Out of Here, We Don’t Need You Here”<\/p>\n

And they did\u2026and it turns out\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/lRHHfE1X3F<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8viXgKY205<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jason Robertson (@JRobFromMN) March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Whelp, I guess a lot of them did and now she\u2019s pleading with them to come back so they can be milked like cows and bilked like suckers. What a great message.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that the New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> and the New York legislature have proposed a bevy of new \u201cwealth\u201d taxes to make up for their growing budget shortfalls. <\/p>\n

I think Hochul knows that Mamdani\u2019s socialist schemes and ridiculous fiscal requests are a recipe for disaster. But she can\u2019t or won\u2019t do anything about it. The young leftist is far too popular with the Democrat Party base; his New York City experiment is seen as critical to the Left\u2019s success elsewhere.<\/p>\n

So Hochul and her allies in Albany have no choice but to mitigate, to squeeze what they can from the rest of the state and pathetically beg former New Yorkers to come back from Florida\u2019s greener pastures.<\/p>\n

And if it isn\u2019t obvious already, well-run states like Florida have created quite an embarrassment for Hochul and the most petulant defenders of\u00a0the blue state model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There is a reason why California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is totally not running for president, keeps concocting bizarre narratives about how Texas and Florida are\u00a0high tax states compared to California<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yes, he really thinks people are dumb enough to believe that.<\/p>\n

The comparison between Florida and New York is certainly an instructive one. The two states have roughly the same population. New York has an estimated population of just under 20 million. Florida\u2019s population is around 23 million. Yet, Florida spent about $115 billion last year and New York spent $235 billion. New York City\u2019s budget alone was nearly the same as Florida\u2019s despite having less than half the population.<\/p>\n

And remarkably, that budget still isn\u2019t enough for New York politicians. Mamdani intends to spend enough to insult even the most profligate drunken sailors. He already plans to raid\u00a0the city\u2019s rainy-day fund<\/a>, ensuring that nothing will be there in a real crisis. No surprise, Moody\u2019s financial rating service has already issued a warning to the city by giving it a\u00a0negative credit outlook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mamdani\u2019s working hard to ensure that legitimate public services\u00a0are overrun by vagrants<\/a>, and services for vagrants are overrun by NGO leeches.<\/p>\n

NYC spends more per homeless person than the median NYC household earns. $81,705 per person in FY2025.<\/p>\n

And $81,705 is a floor. It excludes supportive housing (~$500M\/yr), mental health response teams, and NYPD encampment costs. <\/p>\n

The city projects ~$97K per person in FY2026. pic.twitter.com\/haXJenA4Q3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Charlie Smirkley (@charliesmirkley) March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Some are calling for\u00a0the \u201cgrownups\u201d to step in<\/a>\u00a0and convince Mamdani and his minions to see reason. Unfortunately, Hochul is the adult in this scenario and she\u2019s not going to do anything to put serious pressure on the Left\u2019s favorite mayor.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s bleak, and she knows it.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, with a much lower budget, Florida mostly delivers\u00a0on its more limited governmental promises<\/a>. From K-12 schools to even public transit, Florida has been going in a positive direction for years. Americans\u2014and not just the \u201crich\u201d\u2014have been moving en masse to the Sunshine state because it has lower taxes, lower cost of living, a better job market, and isn\u2019t foisting\u00a0transgenderism on children<\/a>\u00a0along with a litany of other woke garbage.<\/p>\n

So why would someone who has decided to make the swap decide to go back unless they absolutely must?<\/p>\n

They won\u2019t. And New York\u2019s leaders are unlikely to address what\u2019s going wrong. Their only hope might be for a federal government to step in and save them after they\u2019ve made it their proud mission to stop the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. <\/p>\n

If they think President Donald Trump\u00a0and congressional Republicans<\/a>\u00a0are going to bail them out I have a bridge to sell them in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

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