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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is welcoming Big Apple companies relocating or expanding in the Lone Star State after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani demonized billionaire hedge-fund honcho Ken Griffin<\/a> for being rich.<\/p>\n \u201cGovernor Abbott is proud to welcome businesses and job creators from across the country to Texas, where we have no state income tax, reasonable regulations, and a pro-growth environment that encourages free enterprise to flourish,\u201d Abbott\u2019s spokesman, Andrew Mahaleris, told The Post.<\/p>\n \u201cPunitive policies that target successful job-creating entrepreneurs only accelerate the trend of companies choosing Texas,\u201d Gov. Greg Abbott\u2019s spokesman Andrew Mahaleris said. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n \u201cPunitive policies that target successful job-creating entrepreneurs only accelerate the trend of companies choosing Texas,\u201d Mahaleris said.<\/p>\n Texas has already surpassed the Empire State when it comes to financial sector employment<\/a>, with a total of 519,000 employees compared with New York\u2019s 507,000, according to data from the nonprofit Partnership for New York City.<\/p>\n JPMorgan Chase now has more employees in Texas than in New York \u2014 where the Big Apple is at risk of losing its crown as the center of the global financial industry.<\/p>\n While welcoming New York CEOs and jobs, Abbott bused more than 100,000 migrants to the Big Apple and other sanctuary cities<\/a> in the lefty state during the worst of the country\u2019s border crisis. He complained Texas border towns were overwhelmed and that sanctuary cities run by Democrats were failing to help address the problem.<\/p>\n The loss of Wall Street business could deal a major blow to New York City\u2019s finances, which are buoyed by taxes on bonuses from the sector.<\/p>\n Democratic socialist Mamdani triggered a backlash from Wall Street and business advocates when he used Griffin\u2019s swanky $238 million Midtown penthouse as a backdrop in one of his trademark slick social-media videos<\/a> to promote a new pied-a-terre tax \u2014 a stunt that the hedge-fund titan called \u201ccreepy.\u201d<\/p>\n New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani triggered backlash from Wall Street and business advocates when he used Ken Griffin\u2019s swanky $238 million Midtown penthouse as a backdrop in one of his trademark slick social-media videos. Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/p>\n In a one-two punch, Griffin as well as Apollo Global Management honcho Marc Rowan <\/a>threatened to expand outside New York City \u2014 while a silent wave of businesses have been \u201cquiet quitting\u201d the city over its hostile environment, insiders told The Post last week.<\/p>\n