The COVID-driven rush of New Yorkers into Florida has turned into a stampede — with no end in sight.
A record-breaking number of Empire State residents switched their driver’s licenses to the Sunshine State version last month, according to a Post analysis of Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles data.
A total of 5,838 New Yorkers made the switch in August — the highest recorded number for a single month in history, the numbers show.
Year to date, 41,885 New Yorkers have handed over their licenses after moving south, a torrid pace that’s pointing to a new annual record.
Some observers had speculated that the outbound flow would ease with COVID receding and cities opening back up.
But the latest figures suggest otherwise.
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A slew of other states — including Washington, Oregon and Pennsylvania — all set new records for Florida driver’s license applications, the data shows.
Florida has received 321,881 out-of-state license trade requests in 2022.
New Yorkers continue to stampede south as record number swap to Florida licenses
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