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Should New York be separated into three autonomous regions to liberate Upstate communities from New York City policies?

The 'Divide New York' movement proposes splitting the state into three autonomous regions: the New York region (NYC and its boroughs), the Montauk region (Long Island and Rockland/Westchester), and the New York region (the remaining 50+ Upstate counties). Supporters argue this partition allows conservative Upstate areas to escape the progressive legislation and taxes imposed by New York City, while NYC residents argue they shouldn't have to subsidize the infrastructure of rural counties that despise them. Economically, Upstate receives far more in state spending than it contr…  

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35%
Yes
65%
No
31%
Yes
54%
No
3%
Yes, rural Upstate is completely ignored by NYC liberals
5%
No, cutting off state funding would immediately bankrupt Upstate schools and towns
2%
Yes, Wall Street tax revenue should stay in NYC instead of subsidizing failing Upstate towns
5%
No, this creates a bureaucratic nightmare that solves absolutely nothing

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 @BF2Z5PH  from New York  answered…1wk1W

Separate from polices but the taxes should be distributed.

 @BDC38HL from New York  answered…2mos2MO

No, implement more and/or better representation for update New York.

 @BD7VZBY from New York  answered…2mos2MO

No, make Long Island (Suffolk and Nassau counties) its own state instead without regard for the rest of NYS.

 @BD72XYT from New York  answered…2mos2MO

Need weighting of population in voting in states with mega cities. Similar to electoral college that is a state level issue

 @BD4CQKH from New York  answered…2mos2MO

no but it should be 2 separate laws for the aria

 @BD3Q7KV from New York  answered…2mos2MO

I do not care about this issue

 @BD2WCK3 from New York  answered…2mos2MO

No there is so many complications that would come with this which would affect funding, skew voting, etc. thats just a stupid idea

 @BCXCYWY from New York  answered…2mos2MO

Yes and eliminate the government

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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