From ‘Jump on a Bus’ to Tax Crackdowns: Blue States Chase Wealthy Residents Fleeing to Red Havens
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul expressed concern over wealthy residents leaving the state for lower-tax Republican-led states like Florida, calling those who stay 'patriotic' for supporting social programs.
- Hochul previously told wealthy Republican residents to leave for Florida but now urges those who left to return and help fund New York's programs.
- New York uses strict residency criteria like the 'Teddy Bear Test' and conducted about 3,000 nonresidency audits between 2010 and 2017, recovering approximately $1 billion.
- Other blue states, including California and Illinois, are considering or enacting tax policies to retain wealthy taxpayers, while red states like Florida promote themselves as tax havens for those fleeing higher taxes.
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Hochul Warns Tax Base Eroding, Urges Wealthy Return
New York’s governor admitted the obvious this week: wealthy residents are leaving and the state’s social spending machine is starting to creak. This piece looks at her plea for returnees, why high earners matter to the budget, and how tax policy and quality-of-life factors are driving people to lower-tax states. The tone here is blunt: revenue matters, mobility matters, and policy choices have real consequences for everyday New Yorkers. Gov. Kat…
Hochul Begs Wealthy Floridians to Return to New York. She Can Pound Sand.
New York’s desperate governor is turning to a well-known practice in New York City: aggressive begging. While speaking at Politico’s “New York Agenda: Albany Summit” last week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, admitted that the state’s tax base has eroded and that it faces a deepening fiscal crisis. 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 overlo…
After Telling Them to Leave, Hochul Begs New Yorkers Who Fled to FL: Please Come Back - And Drag Your Friends Back, Too - To Pay Our High Taxes
In 2022, defending her governance and her state’s political atmosphere against a wave of high-value residents threatening to decamp, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was practically giddy in her defiance: […] The post After Telling Them to Leave, Hochul Begs New Yorkers Who Fled to FL: Please Come Back - And Drag Your Friends Back, Too - To Pay Our High Taxes appeared first on The Western Journal.
Dem Governor Begs Rich People Who Fled New York For Florida To Return And Foot Bill For ‘Generous Social Programs’
by Harold Hutchison at CDN - Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on March 11 pleaded for wealthy Americans to return from Florida to help fund the state’s “generous social programs.” A surge of affluent New Yorkers moving to Florida took place in 2025 as Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appeared likely to win the election after calling for … Click to read the rest HERE-> Dem Governor Begs Rich People Who Fled New York For Florida …
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