Folks calling for secession of NYC… again
Posted By matt on February 10, 2008
Now, the basis here is that NYC contributes $11 billion more to NY state's economy in taxes than they get back. This is both true and misleading. Yes, they do contribute that much, but there is a lot of stuff the state does for the city which the city would otherwise have to contract out simply because they don't have the land mass or resources (prisons, water, etc.).
NYC already carves out a large exemption for itself on most laws, and I for one would welcome them leaving. It is a widely-held belief that upstate NY's economy has been run into the ground largely because of various state-sponsored economic programs designed for NYC which hurt business upstate, or programs to revitalize upstate getting shot down because no one in the city cares about it and they have such a large voting block that they can kill it.
Add to this the large difference in beliefs and values of folks from the city and folks here, and we really run into a huge “them and us” mentality.
Personally, I would like to see a new state of “New York City and Surrounding Counties”, which would be the city plus Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties. Those are the ones with the completely different laws already, and is pretty much where the border is.
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