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Absolutely, classic case of “Tell me the incentive and I’ll tell you the outcome.” People love these interferences without thinking of the real consequences. NY is really trying to lose relevance and get rid of talent.

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That must be why the NYC housing market is experiencing a major post-mid-pandemic boom. All that loss of relevance and departing talent is just killing them!

ps. I do not live and have never lived in NYC.

California needs to adopt this next. Can you tell me what's bad about forcing companies to be straightfoward about salaries?

To play devils advocate, there is a cost associated with enforcing this law and this is effectively paid for by the tax payers. There is a cost for complying with the law, this generally disadvantages small and new business. If only CA(and CO and NYC and CT) have this requirement it makes them less desirable places to start a new business, to hire additional employees.

But the costs for a law like this are not prohibitive

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