Exclusive | Texas Gov. Abbott welcomes NY companies after Mamdani demonizes wealthy Big Apple CEO Ken Griffin

Howdy, pardner!Texas Gov.Greg Abbott is welcoming Big Apple companies relocating or expanding in the Lone Star State after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani demonized billionaire hedge-fund honcho Ken Griffin for being rich.“Governor Abbott is proud to welcome businesses and job creators from across the country to Texas, where we have no state income tax, reasonable regulations, and a pro-growth environment that encourages free enterprise to flourish,” Abbott’s spokesman, Andrew Mahaleris, told The Post.“Punitive policies that target successful job-creating entrepreneurs only accelerate the trend of companies choosing Texas,” Mahaleris said.Texas has already surpassed the Empire State when it comes to financial sector employment, with a total of 519,000 employees compared with New York’s 507,000, according to data from the nonprofit Partnership for New York City.JPMorgan Chase now has more employees in Texas than in New York — where the Big Apple is at risk of losing its crown as the center of the global financial industry.While welcoming New York CEOs and jobs, Abbott bused more than 100,000 migrants to the Big Apple and other sanctuary cities in the lefty state during the worst of the country’s border crisis.

He complained Texas border towns were overwhelmed and that sanctuary cities run by Democrats were failing to help address the problem.The loss of Wall Street business could deal a major blow to New York City’s finances, which are buoyed by taxes on bonuses from the sector.Democratic socialist Mamdani triggered a backlash from Wall Street and business advocates when he used Griffin’s swanky $238 million Midtown penthouse as a backdrop in one of his trademark slick social-media videos to promote a new pied-a-terre tax — a stunt that the hedge-fund titan called “creepy.”In a one-two punch, Griffin as well as Apollo Global Management honcho Marc Rowan threatened to expand outside New York City — while a silent wave of businesses have...