[bert]

New York City is in fact a City State that controls the rest of the state and the people who long ago lost control of their own destinies

[Rockingham]

That is similar to the way that Boston dominates Massachusetts. The pattern holds true in a clutch of other Blue States as well, with a large liberal city dominating state government and conservative rural voters getting the shaft through high taxes while spending is devoted to the liberal city.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

bert :"New York City is in fact a City State that controls the rest of the state
and the people who long ago lost control of their own destinies"

True that !
Once you go thirty miles outside the city,
the politics change, except for two bastions upstate.

[Bubba_Leroy]

New York City is in fact a City State that controls the rest of the state

Which is why the democrats are so anxious to get rid of the electoral college, so that New York City, LA, and a few other democrat controlled metropolitan areas can control the rest of the country.