NYS Office of the Comptroller - DiNapoli Releases Taxpayer Migration Dashboar

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli unveiled a new taxpayer migration dashboard today where users can track the number of personal income tax (PIT) filers moving in and out of New York.

DiNapoli has been monitoring taxpayer trends, most recently issuing a report that examined pre-pandemic trends in PIT tax filings and a follow-up report that analyzed changes in the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Using data from the Department of Taxation and Finance, this dashboard contains the latest numbers on part-year resident tax filers and will be updated annually to allow the public the ability to analyze trends on taxpayers moving into and out of the state each year.

Part-year resident tax filers made up 2% of New York state filers in 2024. These filers are those whose tax returns indicated they moved into or out of the state during the tax year. Though a small share of all taxpayers, the movement of these part-year residents can affect collections over time—particularly since New York has experienced a net out-migration of resident filers since 2015. However, the net out-migration of tax filers is not equal to state population gained or lost.

“Personal income taxes are New York’s largest tax revenue source, accounting for more than one out of two tax dollars collected by the state,” DiNapoli said. “When personal income taxes drive so much of the state’s revenue, even small shifts in the number of tax filers can have an impact over time. The pandemic caused a large movement of taxpayers out of New York in 2020, but the dashboard shows this was an aberration. Although out-migration has continued, it slowed considerably and was well below pre-pandemic levels in 2024. I remain very concerned about the net loss of married, middle-class filers, and urge policymakers to continue their efforts to improve affordability for New York’s families.”

The interactive chart provides data for tax filers moving into and out of New York in a given year based on part-year resident filers, and allows for analysis based on filing status or income. For example, the dashboard indicates:

• In 2024 there were 256,164 part-year filers; of these filers, 121,251 moved into New York, while 134,913 left the state, a net out-migration of 13,662 taxpayers—a loss of approximately 1 in 1,000 resident taxpayers.
• The greatest net loss of taxpayers was among married filers with incomes between $100,000 and $500,000 – a net loss of 8,200, or more than half of the total net out-migration, in 2024.
• Net out-migration rates increase at higher income levels; in 2024, net out-migration averaged 1 in every 100 resident filers with incomes over $500,000. 
• One positive post-pandemic trend is that there has been a net in-migration of single filers each year since 2022.

Dashboard

Taxpayer Migration in New York State

Related Reports

Moving In or Out? New York State Personal Income Taxpayer Migration Trends

Taxpayer Movement During the Pandemic: Comparing 2020 and 2021 to Pre-Pandemic Baseline 

D.A. Bragg Announces Homicide Charges In Wrong-Way Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Uber Passenger On West Side Highway

 

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the indictment of ROBERT KOCH, 26, for allegedly driving northbound in the southbound lane of the West Side Highway while drunk, crashing into an Uber and killing 65-year-old passenger Ada Rivero in May 2026. KOCH is charged in a New York State Supreme Court Indictment with one count of Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, one count of Manslaughter in the Second Degree, two counts of Vehicular Manslaughter in the Second Degree, among other charges. [1]

“Robert Koch allegedly crashed into an Uber as he was driving in the wrong direction on the West Side Highway, tragically cutting short the life of the passenger, Ada Rivero,” said District Attorney Bragg. “To anyone who is even considering getting behind the wheel while under the influence, don’t – you will be prosecuted. Driving while intoxicated is not just risky, it is all-too-often deadly. My thoughts are with Ms. Rivero’s loved ones who are mourning her devastating loss.”

As alleged in court documents and statements made on the record, on May 3, 2026, at approximately 3:30 a.m., KOCH left an event in Times Square and walked to his car on West 51st Street.

KOCH drove to West 57th Street, where he entered the southbound lane of the West Side Highway while driving northbound. After avoiding multiple collisions with cars travelling the correct direction, KOCH collided head-on with an Uber driver and his passenger near West 72nd Street.

Both the driver and passenger were unable to exit the Uber vehicle until FDNY extracted them. KOCH was pulled out of the driver’s seat of his vehicle by an eyewitness. All three individuals sustained injuries from the collision and were taken to local hospitals. The Uber passenger, Ada Rivero, was pronounced dead that same morning at 6:36 a.m. as a result of multiple blunt force injuries she sustained in the collision.

D.A. Bragg thanked the NYPD, particularly Detective Ramon Pina from Highway Criminal Intelligence Section.

[1] The charges contained in the indictment are merely allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. All factual recitations are derived from documents filed in court and statements made on the record in court.

Co-Conspirators Sentenced to 3 Years and Over 11 Years in Prison for Defrauding Thousands of Investors

 

A Nevada man and a Canadian and British national were sentenced to 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and 136 months in prison and three years of supervised release, respectively, for participating in a scheme to defraud thousands of investors of tens of millions of dollars between 2018 and 2022. 

According to court documents, Neil Suresh Chandran, 54, a foreign national residing in Nevada and California, created companies that he falsely claimed were about to be purchased by a consortium of billionaires at extraordinary valuations. Chandran and others solicited more than $45 million from over 10,000 investors based on these false representations. 

Bryan Lee, 60, of Las Vegas, was the nominee owner and sole officer of ViMarket, a company controlled by Chandran, which received millions in investor funds. Lee knew the funds came from individual investors and knew that the representations made to those investors were false. Nonetheless, Chandran and Lee used investor funds for their own personal benefit, purchasing luxury cars and real estate. 

“Neil Chandran and Bryan Lee deceived thousands of investors, exploited their trust, and stole their money,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Those who deceive investors, lie, and steal will be investigated and prosecuted. These two fraudsters deserve the sentence imposed. Their victims suffered because of their greed.”

“Schemes to defraud individual investors like the one carried out by Bryan Lee and Neil Suresh Chandran are personal crimes that have devastating consequences to the victims’ lives that last long after the crime is committed, and the money is spent,” said U.S. Attorney Lesley A. Woods for the District of Nebraska. “It takes a particularly cold and calculating criminal to perpetrate these schemes and to continue to lie to victims to keep the scheme alive. Individuals who defraud victims in Nebraska and elsewhere will be held accountable under federal law.”

“Chandran and Lee treated investor funds as their own personal piggy bank, using the money to purchase multiple houses and dozens of luxury vehicles,” said Assistant Director in Charge Darren Cox of the FBI Washington Field Office. “Their sentences reflect the commitment of the agents and prosecutors who fought for justice for the thousands of investors whom the defendants swindled out of millions.”

In April 2026, Chandran pleaded guilty to mail fraud and Lee pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. 

The FBI investigated the case.

ICE Asks Governor J.B. Pritzker and Illinois Sanctuary Politicians to Not Release Illegal Alien Arrested After Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting a 9-Year-Old Girl

 

This illegal alien entered the country illegally under the Biden Administration

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer asking Governor J.B. Pritzker and Illinois sanctuary politicians to not release from jail a Venezuelan criminal illegal alien who was arrested on felony charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a child in Kane County, Illinois.

According to local reporting, Janio Gionel Velasquez-Muro, a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela, pursued a 9-year-old who was riding her bike in Pingree Grove, forcing her into a nearby vehicle where he sexually assaulted her. The suspect initially fled the scene but was arrested afterward through forensic evidence on June 30, 2026. Velasquez-Muro now faces charges of aggravated kidnapping of a child, predatory criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation of a child.

Janio Gionel Velasquez-Muro

“This criminal illegal alien kidnapped and sexually assaulted a 9-year-old girl. This monster abducted this child while she was riding her bike,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “DHS is calling on Governor J.B. Pritzker and his fellow sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this pedophile from jail, and to instead work with ICE to ensure he is never allowed to prey on more innocent children in our country. It’s common sense. Do NOT release illegal alien pedophiles from jail into American neighborhoods to victimize more children.”

Velasquez-Muro illegally entered the United States in California in 2022. He was then RELEASED by the Biden Administration.

Under Governor Pritzker, Illinois has become a hotbed of illegal alien crime. Some of the recent illegal alien crimes in the sanctuary state include:

• In June, ICE arrested Giovanna Mercedes Moreno Occhipinti, an illegal alien from Venezuela and former teacher, for her involvement in a Tren de Aragua mass shooting in December 2024 that killed three people and injured several others at a house party in Chicago, Illinois. 
• In March, ICE lodged a detainer for Jose Medina-Medina, an illegal alien from Venezuela, after he was arrested for shooting and killing 18-year-old Loyola College student Sheridan Gorman in Chicago, Illinois.  
• In October 2025, ICE lodged a detainer for Leyter Jeferson Arauz-Medina, an illegal alien from Nicaragua, after his arrest for raping a 54-year-old woman in Chicago, Illinois. 
• In October 2025, ICE arrested Radule Bojovic, an illegal alien from Montenegro, who was working as a sworn police officer with the Hanover Park Police Department.
• In September 2025, ICE lodged a detainer for Jose Javier Coronado-Meza, an illegal alien from Venezuela, after he was arrested for killing a man execution-style and then burying his body in concrete in Cook County, Illinois.
• In July 2025, ICE arrested Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, an illegal alien from Mexico, after he was released by sanctuary politicians in Lake County, despite being arrested for hiding the body of 37-year-old Megan Bos on his property. 
• In January 2025, Julio Cucul-Bol, an illegal alien from Guatemala, caused a drunk-driving crash that killed 20-year-old Katie Abraham in Urbana, Illinois. Cucul-Bol now faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death, aggravated driving under the influence resulting in death, and reckless homicide. Operation Midway Blitz was launched in September 2025 in Katie’s honor.

FIVE INDICTED FOR IDENTITY THEFT AND MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME IN FLUSHING

 

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that five defendants were indicted by a grand jury and variously charged with mortgage fraud, identity theft, forgery and other crimes for falsifying documents to obtain a “cash-out” mortgage of more than $688,000 on a Flushing home that they did not own. The scheme was allegedly orchestrated by a Queens real estate broker with two of the defendants pretending to be the actual homeowners at the closing. Three corporations were also named in the indictment, and a Jane Doe defendant, whose identity is not yet known.

District Attorney Katz said: “As alleged, the defendants stole the identities of husband-and-wife homeowners, impersonated them at a closing and used fraudulent drivers’ licenses and Social Security cards to take out a mortgage on the victims’ home. The scheme saddled the victims with a mortgage they did not authorize and allegedly cost a Queens lender more than $688,000. The defendants have been indicted on numerous charges for these alleged acts of mortgage fraud and identity theft and face possible prison time if convicted. I thank my Housing, Worker and Consumer Protection Bureau for their painstaking investigation into this case as we get justice for the homeowners and the mortgage lender that were harmed.”

Tony Wanyiu Cheng, 56, of Bayside; Chun Kong Lau, 46, of Staten Island; Jane Doe; and Gui Li, 45, of Flushing, were indicted on charges of residential mortgage fraud in the second degree, five counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, six counts of identity theft in the first degree, one count of forgery in the second degree, two counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree and one count of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree. The defendants, along with Qiang Li, 59, of Flushing, were also charged with grand larceny in the second degree.

Cheng, Lau and Qiang Li were charged with two counts of money laundering in the second degree, two counts of money laundering in the fourth degree and one count of criminal possession of stolen property in the second degree. Lau and Qiang Li were also charged with one count of forgery in the second degree, one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree and two counts of identity theft in the first degree. Three corporations associated with Cheng, CB Direct Store Inc., YW Capital LLC and MTR Development Co. LLC, were charged with two counts of money laundering in the second degree.

Cheng, Lau, Qiang Li and the corporations were arraigned yesterday before Queens Supreme Court Justice Leigh Cheng who ordered the defendants to return to court July 29.

The defendants face up to 15 years in prison, if convicted.

Gui Li and Jane Doe remain at large. Anyone with information about their whereabouts is asked to call Detective Erin Currie of the Queens District Attorney’s Office Squad at 929-364-6660.

District Attorney Katz said that, according to the charges and investigation, in November 2024, Gui Li and an unidentified woman allegedly impersonated a husband and wife who legitimately owned a Flushing property during a closing for a cash-out mortgage. Tony Wanyiu Cheng, a real estate broker who allegedly oversaw the scheme, and Chun Kong Lau were both allegedly also present during the closing.

Gui Li and the unidentified woman presented the title closer with fraudulent Pennsylvania drivers’ licenses and Social Security cards with the victims’ personal information. Cheng was given two checks made out to the male homeowner.

One day later Lau and Qiang Li, who both allegedly impersonated the male homeowner by using a fake Maryland drivers’ license with the victims’ date of birth, opened a joint bank account in person at the South Flushing TD Bank. The mortgage checks totaling $688,403 were deposited into the bank account.

After the mortgage check was deposited, some of the money was transferred by check into the three business bank accounts held by defendant Cheng. Some of the funds were then transferred electronically into Cheng’s personal bank account. Cheng’s personal and business accounts received more than $269,000 of the funds. The rest of the money was transferred into other bank accounts owned by people with unknown relationships to the defendants. Once all the money was transferred out, the defendants closed the TD Bank account in January 2025.

The legitimate homeowner reported the mortgage fraud to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. 

Orlando Pharmacy and Pharmacist Agree to Pay $50,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Violations

 

Plaza Pharmacy, LLC and Paul Ezeobinwa have agreed to pay the United States $50,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the Controlled Substances Act by improperly distributing schedule V drugs and committing multiple recordkeeping violations. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.

“Our Diversion investigators will continue to pursue and investigate those who abuse the system and poison our communities,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Daniel Escobar, Tampa Field Division. “DEA will not stop until anyone who violates the CSA has been brought to justice.”

The settlement relates to a DEA investigation of Plaza Pharmacy. According to the settlement agreement, between December 22, 2021, and March 21, 2024, Plaza Pharmacy and Mr. Ezeobinwa failed to properly identify a total of 104 fraudulent prescriptions with 193 refills, resulting in the dispensing a controlled substance without a valid prescription. As explained in the settlement agreement, on March 21, 2024, the DEA conducted an on-site investigation of Plaza Pharmacy and discovered dozens of record-keeping violations of the Controlled Substances Act. Plaza Pharmacy surrendered its DEA license for cause on May 2, 2024, and ceased operating in September 2025. 

“Pharmacies and pharmacists serve everyone in our communities and carry an obligation to track and properly report the dispensing of controlled substances,” said U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe. “This settlement highlights our commitment to enforcing the Controlled Substances Act to protect our citizens.”

This settlement resulted from a coordinated effort by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The civil settlement was reached by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeremy R. Bloor.

The settlement resolves the United States’ claims. The claims resolved by the settlement are allegations only, and there has been no determination of liability.

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Governor Hochul Celebrates Groundbreaking for a New American Express Global Headquarters at 2 World Trade Center

Project Will Create More than 2,000 Union Construction Jobs and Generate Billions in Economic Impact

Final Commercial Office Building Advances Completion of the World Trade Center Campus

New American Express Building to be Developed by Silverstein Properties on Land Owned by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Nearly Two Million Square Feet of Modern Office Space Will Help Drive Lower Manhattan’s Continued Growth

Governor Kathy Hochul celebrates the groundbreaking for 2 World Trade Center, which will be the final commercial office tower to be built on the World Trade Center campus and will become the new state-of-the-art global headquarters of American Express. With more than 2 million square feet of space over 55 floors, the new tower will be developed by Silverstein Properties on land owned by the Port Authority under a long-term ground lease. Foster + Partners is the design architect for the project. American Express will be the sole owner and occupant of the new building, which is expected to be completed in 2031.

“This is a major milestone towards cementing the status of the World Trade Center campus as a premier location in our city for businesses from around the world to grow and thrive,” Governor Hochul said. “From the union labor who will build this remarkable tower, to the thousands of American Express employees who will work here for generations to come, 2 World Trade Center will be a shining symbol of the resilience, excellence and opportunity that defines Lower Manhattan.”   

Located at 200 Greenwich Street, 2 World Trade Center’s completion will be the final milestone in the commercial buildout of the 16-acre World Trade Center campus and reinforces Lower Manhattan as a hub for commerce, tourism, transit, culture and community. The project represents a significant investment in the future of work, technology, and the ongoing economic vibrancy of Lower Manhattan.

Construction of 2 World Trade Center is expected to create over 2,000 union construction jobs and 3,200 total jobs in New York City during the duration of the project, with an estimated contribution of approximately $5.9 billion to the City’s economy and $6.3 billion to the New York State economy overall. The project will use 100 percent union labor to complete the core and shell and core interior construction work.

The new headquarters will be custom designed to foster innovation, collaboration and well-being for colleagues, while reinforcing American Express’ deep roots in New York City. At 1,226 feet in height the new tower will have capacity to host up to 10,000 colleagues across flexible and modern workspaces designed to inspire collaboration and creativity. It will feature more than an acre of outdoor space with several greenery-filled terraces and gardens and sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline. Sustainability is integral to the project, which is designed with advanced smart-building technology and fully electric, energy-efficient systems, the project will pursue Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.

This project reinforces American Express’ longstanding commitment to Lower Manhattan, where the company had a presence since its founding in 1850. Currently headquartered at 200 Vesey Street since 1986, American Express expects to begin welcoming colleagues to the new building in 2031. The company will retain its current Vesey Street headquarters until the completion of the project.