It breaks my heart to read this ... just like my home in Western New York, filled with conservative, church-going, normal Americans, all effectively disenfranchised by NYC.
Maybe Obamalamadingdong was on to something when he talked about “57 states.”
California should be partitioned, as should New York, as should Illinois, as should Virginia ... add whatever picks you may desire.
From NY FReeper comments, I suspect it would work in that state as well, to neuter the sewer of NYC.