I like the direction of your argument, and your overall conclusion might be true, but I think there are some significant flaws. First, I think you are confusin

I like the direction of your argument, and your overall conclusion might be true, but I think there are some significant flaws. First, I think you are confusing the New York STATE tax rate with the New York CITY tax rate. The 6.65% you quote is the rate for the state. The city tax rate is significantly lower. Second, you are making the classic error of applying a marginal tax rate to the entire income, rather than just the portion within the brackets. Income lower than the bracket is assessed at a lower rate, so the effective rate on the total is less. Anyway, when I plug the $109,000 salary into a calculator here https://smartasset.com/taxes/new-york-tax-calculator https://smartasset.com/taxes/new-york-tax-calculator and use a Brooklyn zip 11238, it shows a "Local" tax of $3560. I'm not how it affects your overall argument, but I don't think it's true that "they will easily generate more than $6,100 in revenue per year for the city from income tax alone".