Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo begged citizens to return to New York City.
Cuomo reportedly told attendees of a virtual conference call for the Association for a Better New York that the city would need residents who fled the city — especially those who completed remote work elsewhere — to promptly return.
&#8220;Remember, we have to get people back and we have to get people back in volume,” said Cuomo as quoted by <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/cuomo-begs-businesses-nyc-return-devastating-shutdown">Fox Business</a>. “If you were to see a 15% decline of people coming back to New York City, that would have a devastating impact on the commercial market.”
&#8220;We need people coming back,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Say to your workforce, ‘By Labor Day, everyone is back in the office.’&#8221;
&#8220;We need that volume to support the restaurants and the shops, the services,&#8221; Cuomo said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not just about your business. It&#8217;s about all the spinoff effect economic activity that your workers bring to the surrounding community.&#8221;
Leaders in the state of New York — and New York City in particular — enforced some of the most aggressive COVID-19 lockdown measures in the United States. As a result, New York is currently the lowest-ranked state for post-recession economic recovery.
According to the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/business/us-economic-recovery-coronavirus">Back-to-Normal Index</a> — a project of Moody’s Analytics and CNN Business that monitors economic recovery from the lockdown-induced recession — New York is only operating at 81% of its pre-recession strength. Other states with lackluster economic recoveries include Illinois (82%), California (87%), Oregon (87%), and New Mexico (86%). 
CNN Business <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cuomos-new-york-has-the-worst-economic-rebound-in-the-nation-slowing-other-states-recoveries">explained</a> earlier this month that New York’s slow economic recovery is dampening other states’ growth:
<blockquote>In 2019, before Covid hit, New York had the third-strongest economy among US states, lagging only Texas and California. The state’s gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic activity — was nearly $1.8 trillion, on par with the GDP of Italy. More than $1 trillion of that came from economic activity in New York City. The state contributed more than 8% to America’s overall GDP that year.
In 2020, New York’s GDP dropped to $1.7 trillion. That might not sound like a big difference, but we’re dealing in trillions of dollars here. When states that are economic powerhouses underperform, it’s not great for the recovery of the entire nation.</blockquote>
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a fellow Democrat, recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-mayor-to-mandate-covid-19-vaccinations-for-all-public-hospital-workers">mandated</a> that all employees of public hospitals and health clinics receive the COVID-19 inoculations or undergo mandatory testing.
“This is literally a matter of life and death,” said de Blasio. “At a certain point, personal responsibility actually matters.”
“So, we’ve been really nice, really communicative, really respectful,” he added. “Come on people, it’s time to step forward — and we’re going to make that real clear.”

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