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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Banks are getting out of NYC as quickly as possible. They have all realized that a lot of the top talent has to be here, but most other roles can be filled elsewhere. So many jobs are being near-shored or off-shored. Goldman has tons of people in Salt Lake City and elsewhere. Citi just announced a big new complex in Charlotte and has huge (and growing) complexes in Dallas-area, Tampa and Buffalo. Morgan Stanley in Alpharetta. And so on.[/quote]

You really have your fake talking points lined up, don’t you?

Banks and other co have been opening up satellite offices outside of NYC for years, even before COVID. Like all big co, they learned many of their back office people can be anywhere. This has nothing to do with Mamdani. Charlotte, as one example, is a tech hub where lots of co have moved their IT and tech employees. The move has accelerated because 95% of tech is now cloud based, instead of on prem.

And you’re almost making the point of working on more affordability in NYC. It would be great if tech, hr and similar back end employees could afford to live in NYC. [/quote]

100% agree that this pre-dates Mamdani. But it will accelerate under him.

I am not opposed to affordability. I think it is critical and a great idea. I am opposed to how he plans to accomplish it. Rent freezes are short-sighted and a dumb idea. Again - those who support Mamdani show a complete lack of understanding of why others oppose him and just assume that we are all evil. And again, there are several of us here and we are not totally unanimous on these things.[/quote]

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