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Rich New Yorkers are thinking about fleeing the Big Apple and moving to states like Florida and Texas where they’ll get to keep about 15 percent more of their take-home pay, NYC Partnership President Kathy Wylde warned Sunday.

With such an exodus, New York would be at risk of losing its top talent, Wylde said in a radio interview with The Cat’s Roundtable host John Catsimatidis.

“There is a big concern,” she said about the new federal tax change that reduces certain property deductions.

“If you’re in a high tax bracket in New York City paying city, state and federal taxes, if you move to Florida there are no state or city income taxes. So right away your take-home pay goes up as much as 14% or 15%,” she said.

She said New York taxpayers are saddled down with huge infrastructure costs, like $20 billion a year to run the MTA.

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