"Operation Boomerang": Medallion's Murstein Pledges $1M, NY Bagels & Katz's Deli to Lure Wall Street Defectors Back from Florida

Andrew Murstein, founder of Medallion Financial Corp., launched "Operation Boomerang" over the weekend — pledging $1M of his own money and shipping NY hot dogs, bagels and Katz's Deli to firms that have decamped to Florida and Texas after Mamdani's Tax Day pied-à-terre video singling out Ken Griffin's $238M penthouse. Apollo's Marc Rowan is reportedly fast-tracking a second-HQ outside NYC. Partnership for NYC member firms support ~1M jobs and ~$13.5B in annual tax revenue — the data Murstein cites as the cost-of-rhetoric warning. Adds to Citadel-Vornado-Apollo exodus arc.

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