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I mean New York City is the financial capital of the world. It's where all the money passes through, the Dow Jones, whatever, that is where all the money goes. |
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Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a bit much for those who do not come from New York, but clearly we are an important city for reasons of our cultural advantages.- David Dinkins
One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the financial capital, and the cultural capital, but not the political capital.
So that is why I said, if you look at the average, you would see the money New York got this year was in line with the average across the prior three years and substantially more, by a country mile, than the money given to any other city.
I think they got caught up in how much money they could get from each of the city governments as far as tax rebates. But that stuff works when you make money. It's a little bit phantom money.
The larger point is this: We've invested over half a billion dollars in New York since this department was stood up. We've given New York more money, by more than double, than any other city in the country.
