Is Andrew Cuomo trying to drive New York state to Chapter 9 state finance bankruptcy? He's sure doing a swell job attempting this.
Meanwhile, Ohio and Pennsylvania are enjoying economic renaissances because fracking to get natural gas has dramatically improved the economies in both states. Even Cleveland, OH is starting to revive because of industries that support natural gas drilling are starting to be based in that city.
Fracking has done great things for Ohio. So has Gov Kasich. Former bad joke Cleveland is on the way--old downtown office buildings are being restored and converted to upscale residential as fast as the developers can raise the money, and they all have waiting lists as soon as they open a rental office. Actual downtown population has grown by thousands in the last few years.