Empire State O'Reilly: New York's Population Drop
00:00So the Census Bureau of the United States spits out data all over the place.And I track the data about New York City and New York State for you, because you can't do it yourself.I can do it.So I got some interesting stats to talk to you about.Between April 2020, the start of COVID.Okay.was it 20 that COVID started?No, I'm sorry.
00:32Between April 2020 and July of 2022, COVID's in the middle of that.New York City's population dropped from 8.8 million to 8.3 million.Almost 500,000, half a million, NYC residentshave left the building just like Elvis.Okay, that's 5.3% of the city's total population.That's over a two-year period.Now, it's not the worst in a country.San Francisco is the worst.
01:14San Francisco lost 8% of its residentssame period of time.Now, if you're losing 500,000 tax-paying residents,and most of them are,then you have a disaster on your hands.You would think that there would be a course correction in New York State and City as far as the politicians that govern us are concerned.They are getting worse.This congestion pricing thing that kicks in in 2024, this is going to be an unbelievable disaster.
01:52It is going to hurt every aspect.of the New York City economy.Everything.What do you hear the screams and outcries on this?New York City is freezing, hiring for the copsto pay for the migrants.So already the quality of life and crime in New York Cityis a horrendous problem.
02:17Now we're not going to get any more policebecause they've got to pay migrant expenses.This is just so self-destructive, and that's a word.It's self-destructive.So, as you all know, a lot of New Yorkers are moving to Florida and Texas.Okay, more to Florida than Texas.But Texas is getting a lot of people, too, because economy in Texas is strong.And two big urban centers there, Dallas and Houston, San Antonio is a small town.
02:46But you can make a good living in Texas.Okay, but as hot as Haiti's there.Same thing in Florida.If you're five months in Florida, it's hard to go out of the house so hot.But people are going there because the taxes are far lower and it's far easier to live there and it's safer.So why, if you're going to leave, would you not?So this is ineminent of flow here.And there are Aquarian senses.
03:21there are new people coming into the state and the city,but most of them are going to be dependent on the government for entitlements.You're not getting big corporations.I can't remember the last time a major corporation moved into New York State.And if you know, please let me know,bill at bill o'Reilly.com, bill at bill o'Reilly.com.And she's saying, you know, who wants to be here to pay these unbelievably corporations,at Texas, unbelievably high. I run three corporations, all right? And the amount of tax that I pay
04:00for my businesses and myself is the highest I couldn't pay more if I operate in anywhere else.This is it. I'm at the apex of the tax. Now, the reason I stay is family infrastructure,because I'm in the media, the national media, has to be, you know, it doesn't have to,but it's so much easier for me to be in and around New York, and I got on WABC, you know,the biggest radio station in the country. I mean, I'll walk away from things like that.All right, and I'm a born-in-bred New Yorker. I like it. I like the ocean on Long Island. I likethe sports teams. I like the juice. I like the action. I don't want to move out of here.But it's almost like these politicians are forcing people to move.
04:53And it's wrong, but the stats are overwhelming.
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