New York City businesses are leaving the city after its recent mayoral election, as new data shows several companies filing to relocate to Florida.

WPTV uncovers wave of NYC businesses heading to Florida

Zohran Mamdani, who was elected as New York City mayor Tuesday, has pledged to increase taxes for corporations and individuals making more than $1 million, a move that sent shock waves through the business community.

The morning after Mamdani's election victory, Florida business relocation attorney, Chad Cummings, told the Scripps News Group in West Palm Beach that he received five to ten times his usual number of calls from New York companies seeking to move to Florida.

"My phone, and I'm not exaggerating, has literally been ringing off the hook. I have not been able to leave my desk

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