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I wonder what he could actually mean by this quote, unless it's an outright fabrication.

NY, home of NYC, struggles to attract 100 person businesses? How am I supposed to interpret that claim?

I wouldn't be surprised if it's true for parts of New York other than NYC. New York is a very high-tax and regulation-heavy state. NYC is a big enough draw to overcome that, but I don't think Buffalo is similarly attractive just because NYC is in the same state.

The way the sham works is to give the companies tax breaks and regulatory easements and then to shunt the costs onto the employees. The employees bear the NYS taxes and the companies connected enough to get exceptions reap the competitive benefits.

NYS != NYC.

I imagine it's hard to get a 100 person business to move to Syracuse or Rochester nowadays.

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