According to Quinnipiac University, which polled 895 registered New York City voters and released the results today:
New York City voters love their city more than ever, with 61 percent who say they “love” New York, 22 percent who say they “like” New York, 15 percent with mixed feelings and 1 percent who say they “hate” the city, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
Prior polls by the independent Quinnipiac University show the love factor ranging from a low of 46 percent June 3, 1999, to a high of 59 percent November 25, 2002.
“It’s a metropolitan love affair—not just casual affection,” said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “Why doesn’t that 1 percent of haters move back to Boston?”