Newsday: Report: Long Island bucks pandemic trend of taxpayers leaving New York

Report: Long Island bucks pandemic trend of taxpayers leaving New York


Long Island added nearly 23,000 full-time residents in the first two years of the pandemic, even as others left the region. Above, a view of East Meadow. Credit: Chris Ware
 
By Robert Brodsky
robert.brodsky@newsday.com@BrodskyRobert
Updated December 6, 2023

Long Island added nearly 23,000 taxpaying full-time residents during the first two years of the pandemic, even as others left the region in droves, particularly New York City, according to data released Tuesday by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Read more