{"id":2582576,"date":"2026-03-22T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-governor-begs-rich-people-who-fled-new-york-for-florida-to-return-and-foot-bill-for-generous-social-programs\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T15:09:11","slug":"dem-governor-begs-rich-people-who-fled-new-york-for-florida-to-return-and-foot-bill-for-generous-social-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-governor-begs-rich-people-who-fled-new-york-for-florida-to-return-and-foot-bill-for-generous-social-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Governor Begs Rich People Who Fled New York For Florida To Return And Foot Bill For &#8216;Generous Social Programs&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-governor-begs-rich-people-who-fled-new-york-for-florida-to-return-and-foot-bill-for-generous-social-programs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2582576&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece reports on New York Governor Kathy Hochul\u2019s request for high-net-worth residents who moved to Florida to consider returning to fund the state\u2019s social programs.It situates her remarks in a broader debate over taxes and public spending, noting that some left-leaning proposals would raise taxes on top earners while promising expansive programs such as free day care and city-run services. Hochul made the appeal during a Politico New York Agenda: Albany Summit fireside chat,suggesting that wealthy donors could help restore New York\u2019s tax base and funding for generous programs.<\/p>\n<p>The article frames this within a wider trend: affluent New Yorkers leaving blue states for Florida, which has no state income tax and a important budget. It cites a Siena College poll from April 2023 showing a sizable share of New York residents planning to leave within five years, with many planning to depart after retirement. It also recalls Hochul\u2019s past,more combative remarks about abortion opponents and political rivals,illustrating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-sunny-hostin-tells-democrats-fight-or-people-will-die-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Liberal Media Scream: Sunny Hostin tells Democrats fight or \u2018people will die\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">confrontational political style<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The piece attributes some of the surrounding coverage to the Daily Caller News Foundation and notes accompanying advertising and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faa-temporarily-grounds-all-jetblue-flights\/\" title=\"FAA Temporarily Grounds All JetBlue Flights\">interactive elements embedded<\/a> in the page.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on March 11 pleaded for wealthy Americans to return from Florida to help fund the state&rsquo;s &ldquo;generous social programs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A surge of affluent New Yorkers <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/22\/kathy-hochul-says-political-rivals-like-lee-zeldin-ought-to-leave-state\/\">moving<\/a> to Florida took place in 2025 as Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appeared likely to win the election after calling for massive tax increases on top income earners as part of a far-left policy agenda that included free day care and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >city-run grocery stores<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul was asked about the tax increases by Politico reporter Nick Reisman during a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k3eDs-wr1ec?si=AhESD8dJX6sKmzgC&amp;t=373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fireside chat<\/a>&rdquo; at the Politico New York Agenda: Albany Summit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I need people who are high-net worth to support the generous social programs that we want to have in our state, right?&rdquo; Hochul responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, there are some patriotic millionaires who stepped up. Okay, cut me the checks if you want to be supportive. But maybe the first step should be to go down to Palm Beach and see who we can bring back home because our tax base has been eroded.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>There has been an exodus of citizens from blue states like California and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11968949\/New-York-exodus-10-000-people-flee-Florida-1-3-planning-leave.html\">New York<\/a>&nbsp;to Florida, which has no state income tax and has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/eog\/news\/press\/2025\/governor-ron-desantis-signs-florida-fiscal-year-2025-2026-budget\">budget<\/a> roughly the size of New York City&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>An April 2023 Siena College <a href=\"https:\/\/scri.siena.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ICS0323-Crosstabs.pdf\">poll<\/a> showed 27 percent of New York residents were planning to leave the state in the next five years, with 31 percent saying they would leave when they retired.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul previously dismissed opponents of her social policy on abortion during the 2022 gubernatorial campaign in New York, insisting they were not &ldquo;New Yorkers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump and Zeldin and Molinaro &ndash; just jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong,&rdquo; Hochul said,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/22\/kathy-hochul-says-political-rivals-like-lee-zeldin-ought-to-leave-state\/\">according<\/a>&nbsp;to the New York Post. &ldquo;OK? Get out of town. Because you don&rsquo;t represent our values.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re not New Yorkers, because we come from a long line of people who fought for women&rsquo;s rights that happened here first,&rdquo; Hochul added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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The request comes as a wave of affluent New Yorkers moved to Florida in 2025, coinciding with Democratic NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s rise after proposing steep taxes on top earners and policies like free daycare and city-run grocery stores. Hochul told Politico\u2019s Nick Reisman that high-net-worth individuals should support the state\u2019s programs, noting that a few patriotic millionaires had already contributed but suggesting the first step might be to persuade those in Palm Beach to return home to restore New York\u2019s dwindling tax base.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a broader outflow from blue states such as California and New York to Florida, which has no state income tax and a budget roughly the size of New York City\u2019s. A Siena College poll from April 2023 found that 27% of New York residents planned to leave within five years, with 31% saying they would depart upon retirement. Hochul previously dismissed opponents of her abortion policy during the 2022 gubernatorial campaign, telling them they weren\u2019t \u201cNew Yorkers\u201d and that they should move to Florida, arguing they did not share the state\u2019s values or history of advancing women\u2019s rights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2582577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7269.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4173,10283,5894,50934,51397],"class_list":["post-2582576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-governor","tag-migration","tag-politics","tag-taxation-2","tag-welfare-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7269.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582576"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582580,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582576\/revisions\/2582580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}