said by elray: Considering how much federal subsidy NYC sucks down, those of us in the funding states need concern ourselves with who is minding the store there.
What? Where do you get that from? NY State pays more to the fed than we receive -- We are a funding State. Furthermore, NYC pays far more than it's share to the state as well. You have it exactly backwards!
See:
Federal taxation and spending by stateDownstate Pays More, Upstate Gets More