Ugly Betty is definitely moving to New York. Crew members of ABC’s Ugly Betty are protesting the network’s decison to move production of the popular series from Los Angeles to New York City, where the show is actually set.

The show’s crew is pleading with to Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other local authorities to stop the Ugly Betty move.

“We are writing to you because we just lost our jobs. We are the 300 plus members of the crew of the television show Ugly Betty. We were informed this Tuesday that the production of our show is moving to New York primarily because of the thirty-five percent tax incentives being offered by the state of New York.”

“Instead of making good wages and paying our fair share of California state income tax, we will all be collecting Unemployment Benefits. In addition, we will certainly be cutting our spending back to the bone, which will not only cut back our sales tax contributions substantially, but it could end up costing the jobs of the people who provide services and products to us. Not only are these crew positions being lost; all of our local vendors are losing our business…So, while the loss of our individual positions may be insignificant, the loss of this production is staggering….We implore you to do everything in your power to level the playing field and bring our jobs back to California by enacting meaningful incentives to keep film and television production in our state.”