The lawsuits and hit piece that CNBC did on them caused the most damage I imagine. I'm sure declining sales was the final blow.
As to New York politics, it is happening everywhere. Here in Virginia the Northern suburbs outside of D.C. and Richmond pretty much determine elections. If you look at the biographies of democrat State legislators many are from New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, anywhere but Virginia. It won't be long and Virginia will be like New York State. Broke, with a mass exodus of tax paying citizens. I think I read that more people are now leaving Virginia than moving there.
In Maine, a long time U.S. Senator is probably going to lose to a liberal transplant from Rhode Island.
Very disturbing trend. I'll never understand why voters fall for it. They just push the same failed ideas and nonsense from where they came from.