Oh, no need to blame the "outlying prosperous areas." It's been a NYC tradition since before I was born to blame the failure of progressive policies on "Wall Street not paying its fair share."

During the worst stages of the NYC COVID lockdowns- around the time we put our house on the market- our then-mayor (Di Blasio) was actually publicly begging departed millionaires to return, promising them lavish dinner and cocktail parties to thank them for bringing back their tax dollars.