Where would they go? The same places freedom-loving Americans have been fleeing to for years — red states with lower taxes, affordable living, and booming job markets. Florida is at the top of that list. During the COVID lockdowns, tens of thousands of New Yorkers packed up and headed south when then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo buried the state under one draconian restriction after another.

And now, history might be repeating itself. With a socialist mayor in charge, another wave of New Yorkers could soon be heading for the exits. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been sounding the alarm for months. In July, he said this after Mamdani won the Democratic primary:

“We’ve absorbed a lot of people over the years,” DeSantis told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday evening. “I think this guy’s policies, soup to nuts, are probably the most radical left