New York's Young People Fleeing the State

[johntedder]

The New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) recently released a report called, "The Gathering Storm, The Challenges Confronting the Future of New York." It was written by Jeff Osinski, Director of Research and Education, New York State Association of Counties. It is a publication of NYSAC and the Dennis A. Pelletier County Government Institute, Inc.

In the Forward to the NYSAC report, Stephen J. Acquario, Executive Director says: "There is no question that our state faces an important crossroad. We face two possible futures: one where we continue to lose people, businesses and jobs to other states; or one in which we leverage our strengths to rebuild our economy, foster innovation and attract people and businesses."

It is time that the leaders in this state—state and local leaders—work together to turn this ship of state in a different direction. We need to examine our public policy habits that have caused decades of overspending, overtaxing, over-regulating and overmandating. If our counties and our communities are going to grow again, state
leaders need to fundamentally change the way they do business in Albany."

The Introduction to the report says, a recent study conducted by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania forecasts that 17 of the top 50 counties in population loss in the nation by the year 2020 will be New York counties.

The financial news network CNBC ranks New York State as the most expensive state in the nation in which to do business. Forbes ranks the state 49th in its business cost rankings. CEO Magazine ranks us 50th and the national Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council ranks New York State’s tax burden 44th.

New York also ranked 46th in costs of basic essentials, food, housing and energy. Only Alaska, New Jersey, California and Hawaii ranked higher in the costs for basic essentials.

We New Yorkers deserve a better government than we've got.

[I'minformed2]

that's the thing....for NYC....it NEEDS to be that expensive simply on the cost-demand simple economic model. That is why those of us upstate, far enough away to have NO benefit of being near NYC are the ones who hurt most. Our taxes are high and business climate unfriendly because of so many state-mandated policies that are designed to keep the demand for businesses and people coming to the NYC region in check. Splitting the state would be by far he best solution to this issue. A win-win situation IMO!