25k people in nyc, even very well paid, is a drop in the bucket. It’ll have a big impact in LIC. Astoria, Greenpoint, and Sunnyside will also be impacted. But beyond that the effect will fall off rather steeply.
Posters are here are making the same posts as they would have made if this article was about Akron. But NYC is not Akron, even if it happens to be NYC across the East River.