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Pandemic, crime, prices: why people are fleeing New York

'16.11.2020'

Vita Popova

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More than 300 New Yorkers have left the Big Apple in the past eight months, according to new statistics. The main reasons for the rapid population outflow were reported by the publication New York Post.

Between March 1 and October 31, New York City residents filed 295 address change requests, according to data received in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

Because data is only counted when 11 or more address change requests are submitted to a county outside of New York, the number of moves is actually higher. And since a whole family can live at one address, this means that much more than 300 thousand New Yorkers left the metropolis during this period.

Whatever the figure, it is much higher this year than previous ones. Between March and July, there were 244 requests for change of address to destinations outside the city, more than double the 895 requests for the same period in 101.

This year, the main reason for the move is the coronavirus pandemic. The latter forced many New Yorkers to change their way of life, depriving many of the benefits of living in a big city.

However, New Yorkers have left and continue to leave for other cities and even states, not only because of the problems associated with the pandemic. Many are leaving the metropolis due to economic problems, due to chaos in the education system and an increase in crime, experts say.

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Michael Hendrix, director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, was not surprised by the data. “I think people are afraid,” Hendrix said. "They are afraid of catching a deadly virus, they are afraid of crime and other problems related to the quality of life."

A poll conducted by the institute in July and August found that 44% of respondents had considered moving out of town in the past four months. They cited cost of living as the main reason. More than a third - 38% - of them believe that the city is moving in the wrong direction, and only 38% rated the quality of life as good or excellent.

More than half - 53% - expressed concern about the need to send their children back to school.

In addition, violent crimes have increased in New York this year, with 344 people killed in the city by October, surpassing the figures for all of 2019. The number of skirmishes between January and 8 November increased by 94% compared to 2019.

“The biggest reason people are leaving the city is uncertainty about when the pandemic will end and how quickly the New York economy will recover,” said Kathryn Wylde, head of the nonprofit Partnership for New York City. "More than half a million of the city's residents in retail, restaurant and service industries have lost their jobs and cannot afford to pay their rent."

Where do they move

The data also shows that many New Yorkers who left the city simply crossed the border of Long Island, Westchester, or New Jersey. 21 requests for change of address were from Suffolk County, 362 from Nassau County, and 18 from Westchester County. 731 people were asked to send their mail to Hudson County, New Jersey.

Another 6 inquiries came from New Yorkers who moved to their second homes in the Hamptons and enrolled children in local schools. Easthampton topped the list with 500 re-address applications, followed by Southampton with 2 applications.

Popular places closer to the city were Jersey City and Hoboken, New Jersey, as well as the posh suburbs of Scarsdale and Greenwich, Connecticut.

But some New Yorkers have gone much further. 8587 people asked for their mail to go to Los Angeles and 421 to Honolulu, Hawaii. Florida counties Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami Dade received 13 requests.

The data does not show whether these requests were permanent or temporary. For those who sent a request to temporarily change their primary address, letters will be sent to the new address within six months.

Statistics confirm what the remaining New Yorkers are watching on the streets today. As previously reported, transportation companies are in great demand todayand can barely cope with the volume of work.

What districts of the city are most actively run from

Three zip codes on the Upper West Side, where residents protested against two new homeless shelters and complained about an increase in crime, received a total of 9 requests to change mailing addresses.

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Murray Hill, a popular neighborhood for young people, has 2889 address change requests. This suggests that many of its residents may have returned to their parental homes.

Another sign that the outflow of residents has not stopped is that the number of vacant apartments was 16 last month, up from 145 in September and the highest in the last 15 years, according to a new report.

The number of vacant apartments in Manhattan has broken a record in the last ten years. However, in other boroughs, Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, vacancies are also growing.

Where did New Yorkers move from most often between March 1 and October 31, 2020 (with the number of requests to change the address for each district):