Report: 1.5 Million NYers Left State Over Eight Years
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High taxes and a high cost of living are sending more and more New Yorkers packing, according to a new study by the Empire Center for New York State Policy.
The report says 1.5 million New Yorkers, many of them from the city, left the state from 2000 to 2008.
It is the biggest out-of-state migration in the country, and amounts to about 8 percent of the state's population.
The study finds the exodus cost the state more than $4 billion in tax revenue.
Florida and New Jersey were the top destinations for New York refugees.