NYC votes for 0bama = 1677024 for Romney = 373847 (NYC ratio D:R = 4.48:1 Democrat)
Subtracting NYC votes from total NY state votes 0bama = 2198802 Romney = 1852790 (Still a ratio of 1.186:1 Democrat) New York state without NYC is still majority democrat.
New York [CITY], not NY
A distinction without a difference. Plus the grossly misnamed "SAFE" act passed for the STATE of NY, not just NYC.
Perhaps I should be more specific.
We up-staters consider NYC to include the surrounding area, i.e. NY Metro. The population of NYC and the adjacent area is 22 Million people, mostly liberals. Of course, there are pockets of Marxists/Socialists upstate as well, Ithaca, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, etc.
Think Atlanta as opposed to the balance of your state.
“The New York City Metropolitan Area’s population is the United States’ largest, with 18.9 million people distributed over 6,720 square miles (17,400 km2),[29][30] and is also part of the most populous combined statistical area in the United States, containing 22.1 million people as of the 2010 Census.[31]”
Yes, we upstaters are outnumbered, but not by much and that margin is narrowing. So, you might say that we too.... are “occupied”.
A normal thinking adult would show their support for us upstate CONSERVATIVE NY’ers who are battling the strictest anti-gun laws in our country.
You, however, seem to attack us at every opportunity. We are not only fighting for our rights up here, but for your rights as well. You should be praying for your fellow ‘like-minded’ FReedom-loving gun-owners in NY State instead of launching immature attacks on us.