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[SydneyCarton]

I think that it's relevant.  Charlotte, Dallas, Salt Lake, and Jacksonville have lured lots of financial services jobs, and I think that Charlotte is best suited to snag more, just like Raleigh-Durham is well-poised to snag pharma jobs from Boston and San Francisco.

[kermit]

23 hours ago, KJHburg said:

I can assault anyone in NYC and be out with no bail same day. 

Crime stats here you go:

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/pr0706/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-june-2020#:~:text=NYPD Announces Citywide Crime Statistics for June 2020,when compared to the same period in 2019.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/nyregion/nyc-shootings-murders.html

some CEOs of major companies have expressed concerns as well.

But back to Charlotte and our financial industry I do think it is continue to grow by all kinds of firms big and small.   Moody's and MUFG continue to grow here in Charlotte to name a few. 

But these data don't speak to the point you are trying to make (I am not trying to pick a fight, I am just trying to get a handle on this). What is the crime rate of NYC in comparison to Charlotte? Your discussion assumes that Charlotte's crime rate is lower and I am not sure that is true.

Here is some data I grabbed from wikipedia, I think the data are pretty stale, but it was what popped up on google first  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate

At the time these data were collected Charlotte had nearly 2x as much violent crime as NYC (and wayyyyy more property crime). The relevant question here is what do these comparisons  look like today. I don't think the issue can be usefully framed by only looking at bump in crime rates in NYC. Surely rational CEOs would want to look at the data in the destination city before moving if crime is driving their desire to leave NY?

Edited September 13, 2020 by kermit

[SydneyCarton]

I still think that Governor Cooper should try to snag Barclays since they’re considering a move from one very expensive location in NY to an even more expensive one.

 

[tozmervo]

While there has certainly been an uptick in murders over 2019, the nyt had this important caveat below. It doesn't play into the narrative that certain "law and order" candidates try to paint.

It’s Been ‘Such a Weird Year.’ That’s Also Reflected in Crime Statistics. https://nyti.ms/38zrWUu

 

[urbanlover568]

Wow

Quote

Dear Mayor de Blasio:

As employers who are committed to New York City and its re-emergence from the devastating health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are confident that New York can and shall remain a thriving global center of commerce, innovation and opportunity.

Despite New York’s success in containing the coronavirus, unprecedented numbers of New Yorkers are unemployed, facing homelessness, or otherwise at risk. There is widespread anxiety over public safety, cleanliness and other quality of life issues that are contributing to deteriorating conditions in commercial districts and neighborhoods across the five boroughs.

We need to send a strong, consistent message that our employees, customers, clients and visitors will be coming back to a safe and healthy work environment. People will be slow to return unless their concerns about security and the livability of our communities are addressed quickly and with respect and fairness for our city’s diverse populations.

We urge you to take immediate action to restore essential services as a necessary precursor for solving the city’s longer term, complex, economic challenges. Consistent with analysis and recommendations laid out in A Call for Action and Collaboration, a report on the impact of COVID-19 published by the Partnership for New York City in July, we are prepared to help advise and support such an effort.

We look forward to your response and to partnering with you and others who share a commitment to a vibrant recovery and a great future for our city.

Sincerely,

Lee S. Ainslie, III, Managing Partner, Maverick Capital

Ellen Alemany, Chairman & CEO, CIT Group Inc.

Jeffrey Aronson, Managing Principal, Centerbridge Partners

Ajay Banga, Chief Executive Officer, Mastercard

Linda Baran, President & CEO, Staten Island Chamber of Commerce

Jeffrey H. Barker, New York State President, Bank of America

Neil Barr, Managing Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Candace K. Beinecke, Senior Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Charles R. Bendit, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Taconic Investment Partners LLC

William H. Berkman, Co-Chairman & CEO, Digital Landscape Group, Inc.

Torry Berntsen, Chief Executive Officer, Americas & Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

David J. Beveridge, Senior Partner, Shearman & Sterling, LLP

Frank J. Bisignano, Chief Executive Officer, Fiserv

Michael W. Blair, Presiding Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Jeff T. Blau, Chief Executive Officer, The Related Companies, L.P.

Kathy Bloomgarden, Chief Executive Officer, Ruder Finn, Inc.

Adam M. Blumenthal, Managing Partner, Blue Wolf Capital Partners

Neil Blumenthal, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker

John Borthwick, Founder & CEO, Betaworks

Albert Bourla, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer Inc.

Martin S. Burger, Chief Executive Officer, Silverstein Properties, Inc.

Gregory C. Case, Chief Executive Officer, Aon plc

Richard M. Cashin, Managing Partner, One Equity Partners

John Catsimatidis, Chairman & CEO, Red Apple Group, Inc.

Ric Clark, Chairman, Brookfield Property Partners

H. Rodgin Cohen,Senior Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Richard Coles, Managing Principal, Vanbarton Group LLC

Marc Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, PJ Solomon, L.P.

Michael L. Corbat, Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup

Anthony J. de Nicola, President, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Todd C. DeGarmo, Chief Executive Officer, STUDIOS Architecture

AnnaMaria DeSalva, Global Chairman & CEO, Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Annemarie DiCola, Chief Executive Officer, Trepp, LLC

Toby Dodd, President, New York Tri-State, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.

William R. Dougherty, Chairman, Executive Committee, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Douglas Durst, Chairman, Durst Organization Inc.

Blair W. Effron, Co-Founder, Centerview Partners

Joel S. Ehrenkranz, Partner and Co-Founder, Ehrenkranz Partners L.P.

Douglas F. Eisenberg, Founder and CEO, A&E Real Estate, LLC

Catherine Engelbert, Commissioner, WNBA

Hafize Gaye Erkan, President & Board Member, First Republic Bank

Alexander Farman-Farmaian, Vice Chairman, Portfolio Manager, Edgewood Management LLC

Ziel Feldman, Chairman & Founder, HFZ Capital Group

Joseph R. Ficalora, President & CEO, New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

John Fish, Chairman & CEO, Suffolk

Winston C. Fisher, Partner, Fisher Brothers

Alan H. Fishman, Chairman, Ladder Capital Finance

William E. Ford, Chief Executive Officer, General Atlantic LLC

Adena Friedman, President & CEO, Nasdaq

Eric J. Friedman, Executive Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Mark T. Gallogly, Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Centerbridge Partners

Kenneth M. Garschina, Principal, Mason Capital Management, LLC

Jeff Gennette, Chairman & CEO, Macy’s, Inc.

Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker

MaryAnne Gilmartin, Founder and CEO, MAG Partners LP

Daniel Glaser, President & CEO, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

Timothy Gokey, Chief Executive Officer, Broadridge

James P. Gorman, Chairman & CEO, Morgan Stanley

Barry M. Gosin, Chief Executive Officer, Newmark Knight Frank

Jonathan N. Grayer, Chairman & CEO, Weld North LLC

Thomas Grech, President & CEO, Queens Chamber of Commerce

Logan Green, Co-Founder & CEO, Lyft

David J. Greenwald, Chairman, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Kelly Grier, U.S. Chairman & Americas Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Stewart KP Gross, Managing Director, Lightyear Capital

Robin Hayes, Chief Executive Officer, JetBlue Airways Corporation

Sean Hecker, Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP

James H. Herbert, II, Founder, Chairman and CEO, First Republic Bank

Donna Imperato, Chief Executive Officer, BCW

Frederick J. Iseman, Chairman & CEO, CI Capital Partners LLC

Kenneth M. Jacobs, Chairman & CEO, Lazard Ltd

John Josephson, Chairman & CEO, Sesac

Roberta Kaplan, Founding Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP

Brad S. Karp, Chair, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Charles R. Kaye, Chief Executive Officer, Warburg Pincus LLC

Michel A. Khalaf, President & CEO, MetLife, Inc.

Paul Knopp, U.S. Chair and CEO, KPMG LLP

Henry R. Kravis, Co-Chairman & Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Philip Krim, Founder & CEO, Casper

Rochelle B. Lazarus, Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Joey Levin, Chief Executive Officer, IAC

Allan Levine, Chairman & CEO, Global Atlantic Financial Company

Jeffrey E. Levine, Chairman, Douglaston Development

Robert A. Levine, Chief Executive Officer, RAL Companies & Affiliates, LLC

Martin Lipton, Senior Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Alex Liu, Managing Partner and Chairman, Kearney

Robert P. LoCascio, Founder & CEO, LivePerson, Inc.

Mehdi Mahmud, CEO, First Eagle Investment Management

Anthony Malkin, Chairman, President & CEO, Empire State Realty Trust

Anthony E. Mann, President & CEO, E-J Electric Installation Co.

Joel S. Marcus, Executive Chairman & Founder, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Theodore Mathas, Chairman & CEO, New York Life Insurance Company

Sandeep Mathrani, Chief Executive Officer, WeWork

Peter W. May, President & Founding Partner, Trian Partners

John McAvoy, Chairman, President & CEO, Con Edison, Inc.

Charles R. McCall, Chief Executive Officer, Astoria Energy II LLC &, Astoria Energy LLC

Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr., President & CEO, Moody’s Corporation

Avner Mendelson, President & CEO, Bank Leumi USA

Heidi Messer, Co-Founder & Chairperson, Collective

Keith Mestrich, President & CEO, Amalgamated Bank

Jayne Millard, Chairman & Co-CEO, Turtle & Hughes, Inc.

Edward J. Minskoff, Chairman & CEO, Edward J. Minskoff Equities, Inc.

Ken Moelis, Chairman and CEO, Moelis & Company

Greg Mondre, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Silver Lake

Daniel Moore, President & CEO, Rockefeller Group International, Inc.

Tyler Morse, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner, MCR Development LLC

Deanna M. Mulligan, Chief Executive Officer, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

Tom Naratil, President Americas, Co-President Global Wealth Management, UBS Group AG

Jon Oringer, Executive Chairman, Shutterstock, Inc.

Sarah Jessica Parker, Owner, SJP Collections

John Paulson, President, Paulson & Co., Inc.

Stan Pavlovksky, CEO, Shutterstock, Inc.

Mark Pearson, President & CEO, Equitable

Randolph Peers, President & CEO, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Debbie Perelman, President & CEO, Revlon, Inc.

Michael A. Peterson, Chairman & CEO, Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Douglas L. Peterson, President & CEO, S&P Global

Charles E. Phillips, Jr., Chairman, Infor

Deirdre Quinn, Co-Founder & CEO, Lafayette 148 New York

Steven L. Rattner, Chairman & CEO, Willett Advisors LLC

Scott H. Rechler, Chairman & CEO, RXR Realty LLC

Michael Roberts, President & CEO, HSBC Bank USA

James D. Robinson, III, Co-Founder & General Partner, RRE Ventures

Evan Roth, Co-Chief Executive Officer, BBR Partners, LLC

Michael I. Roth, Chairman & CEO, Interpublic Group

Steven Roth, Chairman & CEO, Vornado Realty Trust

Steven Rubenstein, President, Rubenstein Communications, Inc.

Mitchell E. Rudin, Chairman & CEO, Savills Inc.

William C. Rudin, Co-Chairman & CEO, Rudin Management Company, Inc.

Kevin P. Ryan, Founder & CEO, AlleyCorp

Timothy Ryan, U.S. Chairman & Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Scott Salmirs, President & CEO, ABM Industries Inc.

Kathleen Savio, Chief Executive Officer, North America, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd

Michael Schmidtberger, Partner & Chair of the Executive Committee, Sidley Austin LLP

Alan D. Schnitzer, Chairman & CEO, The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Alan D. Schwartz, Executive Chairman, Guggenheim Partners, LLC

Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, Blackstone

Frank J. Sciame, Chairman & CEO, Sciame Construction, LLC

Kathleen Shanahan, Co-CEO, Turtle & Hughes, Inc.

Suzanne Shank, CEO, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

Tarek Sherif, Chairman & CEO, Medidata Solutions, Inc.

Adam Silver, Commissioner, National Basketball Association

Joshua Silverman, Chief Executive Officer, Etsy, Inc.

Michael C. Slocum, President, Commercial Banking, Capital One Bank

David M. Solomon, Chairman & CEO, Goldman Sachs

Jeffrey Solomon, Chairman & CEO, Cowen

Lisa Sorin, President, The Bronx Chamber of Commerce

Rob Speyer, President & CEO, Tishman Speyer

Robert K. Steel, Chairman, Perella Weinberg Partners

Charles Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Sotheby’s

Sanjay Swani, Partner, Tailwind Capital

Steven R. Swartz, President & CEO, Hearst

Paul J. Taubman, Chairman & CEO, PJT Partners Inc.

Teiji Teramoto, Chairman & CEO, Mizuho Americas

Owen D. Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Boston Properties

Mary Ann Tighe, Chief Executive Officer, NY Tri-State Region, CBRE, Inc.

James S. Tisch, President & CEO, Loews Corporation

Gary M. Tischler, Founder & Managing Partner, Vanbarton Group LLC

Daniel R. Tishman, Vice Chairman, AECOM & Principal, Tishman Realty

Jean-Marie Tritant, President, U.S., Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Joseph Ucuzoglu, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte

Robert Vecchio, Chief Executive Officer, LPI, Inc.

George H. Walker, Chairman & CEO, Neuberger Berman Group LLC

Jessica Walker, President & CEO, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Debra Walton, Chief Revenue Officer, Refinitiv

Charles Weinstein, Chief Executive Officer, EisnerAmper LLP

David Winter, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Standard Industries Inc.

Laila J. Worrell, Chief Executive Officer, Altran Americas + frog

Kathryn S. Wylde, President & CEO, Partnership for New York City

Strauss Zelnick, Partner, ZMC

John Zimmer, Co-Founder & President, Lyft

https://pfnyc.org/news/letter-to-mayor-bill-de-blasio-from-nyc-business-leaders/

Maybe charlotte can pick up some corporate relocations that were bond for NYC. 

[elrodvt]

I'm sure you're aware of the flip side of bail? Poor people end up in jail for years waiting for a trial while the wealthy are immediately released. A good number of people in jail are innocent minorities.

This whole trope of the dangerous cities, being pushed by the current admin, is bullcrap. First patented by Nixon and been saving Republicans with no ideas ever since. Great misdirection.

[Desert Power]

8 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I think that it's relevant.  Charlotte, Dallas, Salt Lake, and Jacksonville have lured lots of financial services jobs, and I think that Charlotte is best suited to snag more, just like Raleigh-Durham is well-poised to snag pharma jobs from Boston and San Francisco.

I think we will continue to additional jobs due to the overall breadth and depth of the industry here.  Moving HQs....that seems quite a ways off. Let's worry about even getting C level people at these companies to sit in Charlotte first.

[SoDoSoPa]

1 hour ago, elrodvt said:

I'm sure you're aware of the flip side of bail? Poor people end up in jail for years waiting for a trial while the wealthy are immediately released. A good number of people in jail are innocent minorities.

This whole trope of the dangerous cities, being pushed by the current admin, is bullcrap. First patented by Nixon and been saving Republicans with no ideas ever since. Great misdirection.

Even the FT article mentioned only uses data to push these talking points also.  If you look at the actual historical data, large cities have never been safer.  Soon Charlotte will be twisted that way by politicians also, I wonder if some of the people on this board that are still be towing that line.

To be honest, the constant anti-NYC and anti-West Coast blah blah is getting tiring here on this board lately.  And this comes from someone who was born and raised in the South.

[urbanlover568]

2 hours ago, elrodvt said:

I'm sure you're aware of the flip side of bail? Poor people end up in jail for years waiting for a trial while the wealthy are immediately released. A good number of people in jail are innocent minorities.

This whole trope of the dangerous cities, being pushed by the current admin, is bullcrap. First patented by Nixon and been saving Republicans with no ideas ever since. Great misdirection.

 

8 minutes ago, SoDoSoPa said:

Even the FT article mentioned only uses data to push these talking points also.  If you look at the actual historical data, large cities have never been safer.  Soon Charlotte will be twisted that way by politicians also, I wonder if some of the people on this board that are still be towing that line.

To be honest, the constant anti-NYC and anti-West Coast blah blah is getting tiring here on this board lately.  And this comes from someone who was born and raised in the South.

 

5 hours ago, urbanlover568 said:

Wow

Quote

Dear Mayor de Blasio:

As employers who are committed to New York City and its re-emergence from the devastating health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are confident that New York can and shall remain a thriving global center of commerce, innovation and opportunity.

Despite New York’s success in containing the coronavirus, unprecedented numbers of New Yorkers are unemployed, facing homelessness, or otherwise at risk. There is widespread anxiety over public safety, cleanliness and other quality of life issues that are contributing to deteriorating conditions in commercial districts and neighborhoods across the five boroughs.

We need to send a strong, consistent message that our employees, customers, clients and visitors will be coming back to a safe and healthy work environment. People will be slow to return unless their concerns about security and the livability of our communities are addressed quickly and with respect and fairness for our city’s diverse populations.

We urge you to take immediate action to restore essential services as a necessary precursor for solving the city’s longer term, complex, economic challenges. Consistent with analysis and recommendations laid out in A Call for Action and Collaboration, a report on the impact of COVID-19 published by the Partnership for New York City in July, we are prepared to help advise and support such an effort.

We look forward to your response and to partnering with you and others who share a commitment to a vibrant recovery and a great future for our city.

Sincerely,

Lee S. Ainslie, III, Managing Partner, Maverick Capital

Ellen Alemany, Chairman & CEO, CIT Group Inc.

Jeffrey Aronson, Managing Principal, Centerbridge Partners

Ajay Banga, Chief Executive Officer, Mastercard

Linda Baran, President & CEO, Staten Island Chamber of Commerce

Jeffrey H. Barker, New York State President, Bank of America

Neil Barr, Managing Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Candace K. Beinecke, Senior Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Charles R. Bendit, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Taconic Investment Partners LLC

William H. Berkman, Co-Chairman & CEO, Digital Landscape Group, Inc.

Torry Berntsen, Chief Executive Officer, Americas & Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

David J. Beveridge, Senior Partner, Shearman & Sterling, LLP

Frank J. Bisignano, Chief Executive Officer, Fiserv

Michael W. Blair, Presiding Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Jeff T. Blau, Chief Executive Officer, The Related Companies, L.P.

Kathy Bloomgarden, Chief Executive Officer, Ruder Finn, Inc.

Adam M. Blumenthal, Managing Partner, Blue Wolf Capital Partners

Neil Blumenthal, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker

John Borthwick, Founder & CEO, Betaworks

Albert Bourla, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer Inc.

Martin S. Burger, Chief Executive Officer, Silverstein Properties, Inc.

Gregory C. Case, Chief Executive Officer, Aon plc

Richard M. Cashin, Managing Partner, One Equity Partners

John Catsimatidis, Chairman & CEO, Red Apple Group, Inc.

Ric Clark, Chairman, Brookfield Property Partners

H. Rodgin Cohen,Senior Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Richard Coles, Managing Principal, Vanbarton Group LLC

Marc Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, PJ Solomon, L.P.

Michael L. Corbat, Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup

Anthony J. de Nicola, President, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Todd C. DeGarmo, Chief Executive Officer, STUDIOS Architecture

AnnaMaria DeSalva, Global Chairman & CEO, Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Annemarie DiCola, Chief Executive Officer, Trepp, LLC

Toby Dodd, President, New York Tri-State, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.

William R. Dougherty, Chairman, Executive Committee, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Douglas Durst, Chairman, Durst Organization Inc.

Blair W. Effron, Co-Founder, Centerview Partners

Joel S. Ehrenkranz, Partner and Co-Founder, Ehrenkranz Partners L.P.

Douglas F. Eisenberg, Founder and CEO, A&E Real Estate, LLC

Catherine Engelbert, Commissioner, WNBA

Hafize Gaye Erkan, President & Board Member, First Republic Bank

Alexander Farman-Farmaian, Vice Chairman, Portfolio Manager, Edgewood Management LLC

Ziel Feldman, Chairman & Founder, HFZ Capital Group

Joseph R. Ficalora, President & CEO, New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

John Fish, Chairman & CEO, Suffolk

Winston C. Fisher, Partner, Fisher Brothers

Alan H. Fishman, Chairman, Ladder Capital Finance

William E. Ford, Chief Executive Officer, General Atlantic LLC

Adena Friedman, President & CEO, Nasdaq

Eric J. Friedman, Executive Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Mark T. Gallogly, Co-Founder & Managing Principal, Centerbridge Partners

Kenneth M. Garschina, Principal, Mason Capital Management, LLC

Jeff Gennette, Chairman & CEO, Macy’s, Inc.

Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker

MaryAnne Gilmartin, Founder and CEO, MAG Partners LP

Daniel Glaser, President & CEO, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

Timothy Gokey, Chief Executive Officer, Broadridge

James P. Gorman, Chairman & CEO, Morgan Stanley

Barry M. Gosin, Chief Executive Officer, Newmark Knight Frank

Jonathan N. Grayer, Chairman & CEO, Weld North LLC

Thomas Grech, President & CEO, Queens Chamber of Commerce

Logan Green, Co-Founder & CEO, Lyft

David J. Greenwald, Chairman, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Kelly Grier, U.S. Chairman & Americas Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Stewart KP Gross, Managing Director, Lightyear Capital

Robin Hayes, Chief Executive Officer, JetBlue Airways Corporation

Sean Hecker, Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP

James H. Herbert, II, Founder, Chairman and CEO, First Republic Bank

Donna Imperato, Chief Executive Officer, BCW

Frederick J. Iseman, Chairman & CEO, CI Capital Partners LLC

Kenneth M. Jacobs, Chairman & CEO, Lazard Ltd

John Josephson, Chairman & CEO, Sesac

Roberta Kaplan, Founding Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP

Brad S. Karp, Chair, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Charles R. Kaye, Chief Executive Officer, Warburg Pincus LLC

Michel A. Khalaf, President & CEO, MetLife, Inc.

Paul Knopp, U.S. Chair and CEO, KPMG LLP

Henry R. Kravis, Co-Chairman & Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Philip Krim, Founder & CEO, Casper

Rochelle B. Lazarus, Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Joey Levin, Chief Executive Officer, IAC

Allan Levine, Chairman & CEO, Global Atlantic Financial Company

Jeffrey E. Levine, Chairman, Douglaston Development

Robert A. Levine, Chief Executive Officer, RAL Companies & Affiliates, LLC

Martin Lipton, Senior Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Alex Liu, Managing Partner and Chairman, Kearney

Robert P. LoCascio, Founder & CEO, LivePerson, Inc.

Mehdi Mahmud, CEO, First Eagle Investment Management

Anthony Malkin, Chairman, President & CEO, Empire State Realty Trust

Anthony E. Mann, President & CEO, E-J Electric Installation Co.

Joel S. Marcus, Executive Chairman & Founder, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Theodore Mathas, Chairman & CEO, New York Life Insurance Company

Sandeep Mathrani, Chief Executive Officer, WeWork

Peter W. May, President & Founding Partner, Trian Partners

John McAvoy, Chairman, President & CEO, Con Edison, Inc.

Charles R. McCall, Chief Executive Officer, Astoria Energy II LLC &, Astoria Energy LLC

Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr., President & CEO, Moody’s Corporation

Avner Mendelson, President & CEO, Bank Leumi USA

Heidi Messer, Co-Founder & Chairperson, Collective

Keith Mestrich, President & CEO, Amalgamated Bank

Jayne Millard, Chairman & Co-CEO, Turtle & Hughes, Inc.

Edward J. Minskoff, Chairman & CEO, Edward J. Minskoff Equities, Inc.

Ken Moelis, Chairman and CEO, Moelis & Company

Greg Mondre, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Silver Lake

Daniel Moore, President & CEO, Rockefeller Group International, Inc.

Tyler Morse, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner, MCR Development LLC

Deanna M. Mulligan, Chief Executive Officer, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

Tom Naratil, President Americas, Co-President Global Wealth Management, UBS Group AG

Jon Oringer, Executive Chairman, Shutterstock, Inc.

Sarah Jessica Parker, Owner, SJP Collections

John Paulson, President, Paulson & Co., Inc.

Stan Pavlovksky, CEO, Shutterstock, Inc.

Mark Pearson, President & CEO, Equitable

Randolph Peers, President & CEO, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Debbie Perelman, President & CEO, Revlon, Inc.

Michael A. Peterson, Chairman & CEO, Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Douglas L. Peterson, President & CEO, S&P Global

Charles E. Phillips, Jr., Chairman, Infor

Deirdre Quinn, Co-Founder & CEO, Lafayette 148 New York

Steven L. Rattner, Chairman & CEO, Willett Advisors LLC

Scott H. Rechler, Chairman & CEO, RXR Realty LLC

Michael Roberts, President & CEO, HSBC Bank USA

James D. Robinson, III, Co-Founder & General Partner, RRE Ventures

Evan Roth, Co-Chief Executive Officer, BBR Partners, LLC

Michael I. Roth, Chairman & CEO, Interpublic Group

Steven Roth, Chairman & CEO, Vornado Realty Trust

Steven Rubenstein, President, Rubenstein Communications, Inc.

Mitchell E. Rudin, Chairman & CEO, Savills Inc.

William C. Rudin, Co-Chairman & CEO, Rudin Management Company, Inc.

Kevin P. Ryan, Founder & CEO, AlleyCorp

Timothy Ryan, U.S. Chairman & Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Scott Salmirs, President & CEO, ABM Industries Inc.

Kathleen Savio, Chief Executive Officer, North America, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd

Michael Schmidtberger, Partner & Chair of the Executive Committee, Sidley Austin LLP

Alan D. Schnitzer, Chairman & CEO, The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Alan D. Schwartz, Executive Chairman, Guggenheim Partners, LLC

Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, Blackstone

Frank J. Sciame, Chairman & CEO, Sciame Construction, LLC

Kathleen Shanahan, Co-CEO, Turtle & Hughes, Inc.

Suzanne Shank, CEO, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

Tarek Sherif, Chairman & CEO, Medidata Solutions, Inc.

Adam Silver, Commissioner, National Basketball Association

Joshua Silverman, Chief Executive Officer, Etsy, Inc.

Michael C. Slocum, President, Commercial Banking, Capital One Bank

David M. Solomon, Chairman & CEO, Goldman Sachs

Jeffrey Solomon, Chairman & CEO, Cowen

Lisa Sorin, President, The Bronx Chamber of Commerce

Rob Speyer, President & CEO, Tishman Speyer

Robert K. Steel, Chairman, Perella Weinberg Partners

Charles Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Sotheby’s

Sanjay Swani, Partner, Tailwind Capital

Steven R. Swartz, President & CEO, Hearst

Paul J. Taubman, Chairman & CEO, PJT Partners Inc.

Teiji Teramoto, Chairman & CEO, Mizuho Americas

Owen D. Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Boston Properties

Mary Ann Tighe, Chief Executive Officer, NY Tri-State Region, CBRE, Inc.

James S. Tisch, President & CEO, Loews Corporation

Gary M. Tischler, Founder & Managing Partner, Vanbarton Group LLC

Daniel R. Tishman, Vice Chairman, AECOM & Principal, Tishman Realty

Jean-Marie Tritant, President, U.S., Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Joseph Ucuzoglu, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte

Robert Vecchio, Chief Executive Officer, LPI, Inc.

George H. Walker, Chairman & CEO, Neuberger Berman Group LLC

Jessica Walker, President & CEO, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce

Debra Walton, Chief Revenue Officer, Refinitiv

Charles Weinstein, Chief Executive Officer, EisnerAmper LLP

David Winter, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Standard Industries Inc.

Laila J. Worrell, Chief Executive Officer, Altran Americas + frog

Kathryn S. Wylde, President & CEO, Partnership for New York City

Strauss Zelnick, Partner, ZMC

John Zimmer, Co-Founder & President, Lyft

https://pfnyc.org/news/letter-to-mayor-bill-de-blasio-from-nyc-business-leaders/

Maybe charlotte can pick up some corporate relocations that were bond for NYC. 

 

[Rufus]

On 9/12/2020 at 6:32 PM, urbanlover568 said:

Wow

https://pfnyc.org/news/letter-to-mayor-bill-de-blasio-from-nyc-business-leaders/

Maybe charlotte can pick up some corporate relocations that were bond for NYC. 

This letter is garbage. Sure NYC is seeing in increase in problems. But there's also a global pandemic STILL happening, a president that just does not care, an election year that is probably going to end badly, and all of this just goes to highlight the post recession bubble we have all grown comfortable with. It's time it pops. For over a decade NYC has leveraged the needs of wealthy business leaders over the needs of majority of its citizens. And De Blasio continues to capitulate to them. Look at the mess on the Upper West Side where wealthy, liberal people drove out homeless. Look, we can look at Quality of Life issues as issues that need to be resolved, but all we are doing as a society is putting a bandaid over them and hoping no one sees them.  We are working within a broken system - economically, socially, politically, globally. 

The corporate relocations don't solve the problem if all they are is for clout. I mean...look at Shanghai where they have the 2nd tallest building in the world and the largest mall in the world and both sit half empty. And for what? Clout. 

Sorry to get on a high horse, but this thread went off the rails and I needed to let of steam from reading some of these comments. 

[urbanlover568]

6 hours ago, Rufus said:

This letter is garbage. Sure NYC is seeing in increase in problems. But there's also a global pandemic STILL happening, a president that just does not care, an election year that is probably going to end badly, and all of this just goes to highlight the post recession bubble we have all grown comfortable with. It's time it pops. For over a decade NYC has leveraged the needs of wealthy business leaders over the needs of majority of its citizens. And De Blasio continues to capitulate to them. Look at the mess on the Upper West Side where wealthy, liberal people drove out homeless. Look, we can look at Quality of Life issues as issues that need to be resolved, but all we are doing as a society is putting a bandaid over them and hoping no one sees them.  We are working within a broken system - economically, socially, politically, globally. 

The corporate relocations don't solve the problem if all they are is for clout. I mean...look at Shanghai where they have the 2nd tallest building in the world and the largest mall in the world and both sit half empty. And for what? Clout. 

Sorry to get on a high horse, but this thread went off the rails and I needed to let of steam from reading some of these comments. 

Did you see who authored the letter? LOL I trust their opinions over yours, sorry. Good luck with your socialist utopia(IE. Venezuela). Charlotte will be more than happy to take those "evil" wealthy companies. 

[SoDoSoPa]

 

27 minutes ago, urbanlover568 said:

Did you see who authored the letter? LOL I trust their opinions over yours, sorry. Good luck with your socialist utopia(IE. Venezuela). Charlotte will be more than happy to take those "evil" wealthy companies. 

Looks like mostly banks, hedge funds, and investment groups to me.  If you think they care about anything but profit,  you weren't paying attention in 07/08 apparently. 

I also work for one of the largest corporations in the US, but putting your blind faith into them is naive at best. 

[KJHburg]

I bank at Wells Fargo, Bank of America and 5/3 Bank.   That statement has more to do with this thread than other recent pages of discussion.  I was a Home Federal S&L customer which got bought out by Concord based First Charter which became Fifth Third Bank.  

Lets talk about banking, banks, banking jobs etc in Charlotte and move the rest to Politics thread or what have you.  

 

Edited September 15, 2020 by KJHburg

[Norm2]

We all have our differences and for the most part we all get along on these forums, but damn, the vitriol that some people like @urbanlover568 continue to spew makes these forums unenjoyable. I come to this hoping for updates on projects and instead see nothing but vitriol

[urbanlover568]

1 minute ago, norm21499 said:

We all have our differences and for the most part we all get along on these forums, but damn, the vitriol that some people like @urbanlover568 continue to spew makes these forums unenjoyable. I come to this hoping for updates on projects and instead see nothing but vitriol

Really? Posting a letter from CEO's is vitriol? Another "open minded" liberal trying to silence people of a different opinion. 

[CLT704]

2 hours ago, KJHburg said:

I bank at Wells Fargo, Bank of America and 5/3 Bank.   That statement has more to do with this thread than other recent pages of discussion.  I was a Home Federal S&L customer which got bought out by Concord based First Charter which became Fifth Third Bank.  

Lets talk about banking, banks, banking jobs etc in Charlotte and move the rest to Politics thread or what have you.  

 

 

Out of shear curiosity KJHburg, why do you bank at 3 different institutions?  I bank at only two, WF and Ally, and I'd much prefer to keep everything under one roof if I could.

[KJHburg]

8 minutes ago, CLT704 said:

Out of shear curiosity KJHburg, why do you bank at 3 different institutions?  I bank at only two, WF and Ally, and I'd much prefer to keep everything under one roof if I could.

BofA gave me a mortgage on low priced condo when no one would without high fees and they gave me a checking account too.   So I bank there and keep my condo earnings and expenditures there.  Used to like the old Wachovia's online banking the best then Wells took over now that title goes to Bank of America.    My favorite banking app of the big 2 here in Charlotte would be Bank of America but Wells is not bad but their camera function is picky.  I always price foreign currency with the 2 big boys when I am going out of the country and have used both for getting foreign cash.  

5/3 is where my company banks and opened a personal account there to make easier.  Was a SouthTrust/Wachovia/WellsFargo customer and a Home Federal/FirstCharter/5/3 customer. 

the sad thing when I am out of town I barely can find any of them just joking of course but when I need a BofA only Wells in sight and vice versa and 5/3 branches are in obscure places. 

am I 100% satisfied all the time? no that is why I bank with multiples.  Will open an account at Truist when they brand that way here in the Carolinas as they are everywhere the other 3 are not. 

I hear Ally is good but I am just old fashion I like my banks to have big buildings with big lobbies LOL. 

 

[CLT704]

1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

 

I hear Ally is good but I am just old fashion I like my banks to have big buildings with big lobbies LOL. 

 

I’m satisfied with Ally because of the higher interest rates, I’ve earned more in interest this year than I ever earned on my Wachovia/Wells Fargo Way2Save. 
 

And you would love my building society (credit union) back in the UK! When I moved my savings to them (Nationwide) in 2019, they gave me a passbook! Like this one: 

In 2019!!

[Rufus]

13 hours ago, norm21499 said:

We all have our differences and for the most part we all get along on these forums, but damn, the vitriol that some people like @urbanlover568 continue to spew makes these forums unenjoyable. I come to this hoping for updates on projects and instead see nothing but vitriol

I apologize @norm21499. I shouldn't have been so angry when posting. Won't do that again! 

One financial institution I am surprised doesn't have much of a presence in CLT is SECU. Unless I am mistaken, a lot of credit unions take a more minimal approach, but it is surprising that you don't see them uptown. 

[urbanlover568]

On 9/12/2020 at 6:32 PM, urbanlover568 said:

Wow

https://pfnyc.org/news/letter-to-mayor-bill-de-blasio-from-nyc-business-leaders/

Maybe charlotte can pick up some corporate relocations that were bond for NYC. 

This goes with the letter 

https://youtu.be/IntYmz2_nf0

[elrodvt]

1 hour ago, Rufus said:

I apologize @norm21499. I shouldn't have been so angry when posting. Won't do that again! 

One financial institution I am surprised doesn't have much of a presence in CLT is SECU. Unless I am mistaken, a lot of credit unions take a more minimal approach, but it is surprising that you don't see them uptown. 

Yeah, the lack of CU choices really stinks.

[SydneyCarton]

In addition to finance, I’d like to see the QC lure the film industry from LA.  People are fleeing from there.

[CLT2014]

3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

In addition to finance, I’d like to see the QC lure the film industry from LA.  People are fleeing from there.

This is getting hilarious. We might as well also recruit the Falkland Islands and have our own overseas territory while we're at it. "Charlotte: The Imperial Mid-Size City Fit for a Queen"

Edited September 15, 2020 by CLT2014

[SydneyCarton]

8 minutes ago, CLT2014 said:

This is getting hilarious. We might as well also recruit the Falkland Islands and have our own overseas territory while we're at it. "Charlotte: The Imperial Mid-Size City Fit for a Queen"

I’m serious about the film industry.  NC and Ga have become huge players in the film industry.

[elrodvt]

I'm sad you're serious. ;-)

You just know all those hollywood types are gonna love hanging out at Charlotte's Ruth Chris. Wooohooo.