The Gateway Pundit reports that Schumer pleaded with airlines not to move New York jobs to Florida.
The report says New York is still spiraling downward.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) personally called JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes to plead with him not to move New York jobs to Florida.
The New York Post (NY) reports.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) personally pleaded with JetBlue’s boss not to shrink the budget airline’s New York City workforce as it weighs sending jobs to Florida, The Post has learned.
The senior New York senator said he made the request during a phone call Wednesday evening with JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes, just a day after The Post exclusively reported that the airline was considering whether to move some jobs from its Long Island City headquarters to its current offices in the Sunshine State, Florida’s official nickname.
On Thursday, Schumer told the Post that he wanted to remind Hayes that “JetBlue’s roots and future are in New York. He also pointed out that airlines like it received billions of dollars in federal aid during the coronavirus (the Chinese Communist virus) crisis.
The Democratic Senate majority leader told the New York Post in a statement Thursday “We just delivered critical pandemic relief funds to help save airlines like JetBlue and the thousands of New Yorkers they already employ, and the airlines should actually clear the runway to grow here, not retreat.”
The Gateway Pundit previously reported on how New York’s lockdown could kill a million jobs by 2020.
In December, Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s largest investment firms, dealt a blow to New York by announcing that a key division of theirs would be leaving the city.
Bloomberg reports that Goldman Sachs is considering a new center in Florida to house one of its key divisions. It’s another potential blow to New York ——, the de facto Home of the U.S. financial industry.
Executives have been looking for office space in south Florida, talking to local officials and exploring tax advantages as they consider building a base there for its asset management unit, according to people familiar with the matter. The bank’s success in operating remotely during the pandemic convinced members of the leadership team that they could save money by shifting more of their role out of the New York area.
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