Escape From New York: So Many People Are Fleeing Cuomo’s Empire State the Population Drain Could Cost Them Two House Seats

MenRec ^ | 01/01/21 | Rusty

[rustyweiss74]

Population estimates from the Census Bureau indicate so many people are fleeing New York state that they could lose up to two congressional seats in the coming round of reapportionment.

The latest round of numbers indicates New York’s population dropped by more than any other state in the nation based on percentage and total numbers.

A net total of 126,355 people fled the Empire State between July 2019 and July 2020, marking a 0.65% percent drop.

Spectrum News reports that the drop is despite new births and an influx of immigrants, and could lead to a loss of two seats depending on which numbers are used for reapportionment.

“New York could lose at least one House district based on the initial estimates of its April 1 population,” Spectrum explains. “Two seats could be lost if the congressional reapportionment is based on July 1 estimates, according to Jeff Wice, a New York redistricting expert.”

It would be easy to suggest the population drain is based on pandemic fears – New York has experienced the highest number of deaths in the country.

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s own actions have contributed to that death toll.

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But, as political commentator Jeff Dunetz states, “New Yorkers have been running from the states’ burdensome taxes for at least the past two decades.”

Indeed, a 2009 Wall Street Journal report shows that between 2000 and 2008 New York saw a population drop of 8 percent, noting that “taxes are driving people away.”

[PGR88]

NY State needs to be divided in two. One state would be everything from Westchester South and Long Island. The rest of the state could go its own way.

[David Chase]

Damn. That’s rather complex.

In Michigan we just have a few guys gather around a campfire. LOL