"Transparant attempt by liberals to gain two more Democratic Senators."
But it's possible that upstate NY would be red.
Bingo, the rest of the state votes Republican. So from a politcal standpoint, this would help the republican party in naional elections and lower their tax burdon. But anyone who thinks its a good idea to carve up a state on demographics or ideology needs their head examined. NYC needs to dig itself out of its tax problems - statehood is not the answer.