As the article points out, New York isn’t ceding its electoral power of Presidential elections, it’s retaking it.
National Popular Vote isn’t a Republican or Democratic movement, it’s a movement of heavily partisan states against “swing states.” The current system disempowers Mississippi and Utah as much as it disempowers California and New York.
bullpucky. It empowers Miami, L.A., NYC, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Philly, and other liberal or undocumented enclaves to decide who will be the next Dear Leader(s).