The New York Stock Exchange threatened on Tuesday to leave New York if lawmakers approve a proposal to tax stock sales. “The New York Stock Exchange belongs in New York. If Albany lawmakers get their way, however, the center of the global financial industry may need to find a new home,” Stacey Cunningham, the president of the exchange, wrote in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. Headquartered on Wall Street and calling New York home since 1792, the exchange is the world’s largest in terms of market capitalization. Cunningham noted that New York has been known as the center of global financial power for decades but warned officials not to take that position for granted, noting companies and brokers are increasingly using computers and other modern technology to conduct business, and then there is the overall shift towards remote work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “While New York has remained a …