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A Secession Plan Is Floated for New York City

News – Emboldened by Mayor Bloomberg's testimony in Albany this week that the city's taxpayers pay the state $11 billion a year more than they get back, a City Council member is offering legislation that would begin the process of having New York City secede from New York State.

Tags: NYC, New York City, New York, Secession, Peter Vallone Jr.

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YES!

Most folks we know in Upper State New York would prefer the

'BIG APPLE' to go away and leave not only New York State, but join the European Union and secede from America.

Truly be an answer to prayers of many!

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The taxpayers' money at work...

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We're going to secede from the state of New Yawk? Isn't that how the civil war got started? Secession?

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