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Florida vs. New York Showdown

July 22nd, 2014 by flanews

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer is sparring with the Governor of New York over which place is best for businesses. Matt Galka breaks down the state vs. state smackdown.

Florida’s top financial man is throwing down with the Empire State. CFO Jeff Atwater is blasting New York and their Governor over both state’s business climates. Atwater came out swinging against some New York TV spots.

The $113 million dollar TV and radio ads hype up New York’s new business incentives.. It’s an effort to draw employers back…but Atwater says the ads are deceptive.

In the letter penned to Governor Cuomo, Atwater says the images can’t be supported by facts, especially compared to Florida. He also mentions Florida being the 2nd best place to do business in America compared to New York’s 49th ranking.

A Cuomo spokesman said the CFO must be pretty bad at math if he doesn’t understand that new businesses in certain New York zones won’t have to pay state taxes.

The Florida Chamber stood by Atwater’s statements that Florida trumps New York when it comes to business.

“It’s fun to go to New York once and a while to have a slice and see a show, but Florida has a lot more to offer and we got to encourage those New Yorkers to keep moving down,” said David Hart with the Chamber.

It’s estimated that Florida will deliver another knock out blow to N.Y. later this year, when the sunshine state takes over as third most populated state in the country.

Atwater has some supportive jobs numbers to back him up. Florida lead the country in job creation last month.

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