Should Staten Island secede from NYC?

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  • Опубліковано 29 сер 2023
  • Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is floating the idea of Staten Island seceding from New York City, arguing that the borough has been exploited by the city and that it's time for it to go it alone. FOX 5 NY's Teresa Priolo spoke with New Yorkers to hear their opinion.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 678

  • @BizzeeB
    @BizzeeB 11 місяців тому +87

    Speaking for the other four boroughs, SI should have seceded decades ago 😅

    • @vaybor
      @vaybor 11 місяців тому +6

      we will miss their tax dollars though.. A lot

    • @mr.salvatorejpluchino8467
      @mr.salvatorejpluchino8467 11 місяців тому +4

      STATEN ISLAND NYC HERE I AGREE ☝️ WITH YOU 1000000% BACK IN THE NINETIES

    • @mr.salvatorejpluchino8467
      @mr.salvatorejpluchino8467 11 місяців тому +3

      @@vayborWE GET OUR OWN , PLUS THE BRIDGE IS OURS, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FREE UNTIL THE MONEY 💰 IT WAS MAKING,

    • @michaeltammaro482
      @michaeltammaro482 11 місяців тому

      I'd bet you're NOT even from New York. That takes a set. Is a matter of fact a large portion of Staten Islanders are ORIGINALLY from Brooklyn. You know, the REAL Brooklynites.

    • @BizzeeB
      @BizzeeB 11 місяців тому

      @@michaeltammaro482 I've been here long enough to know you're a punchline, and if by "the REAL Brooklynites" you mean the immigrants who don't like other immigrants, then, sure, have another Coors Light at your VFW Hall and please stop voting, you sad 💩🤡.

  • @rhodium69
    @rhodium69 11 місяців тому +139

    I think Staten island should secede because we have a lot of conservatives voters and finally I agree with the congresswoman .

    • @c.f.okonta8815
      @c.f.okonta8815 11 місяців тому +8

      It’s the Italian Americans in staten island.They are very conservative

    • @masonkanterbury3007
      @masonkanterbury3007 11 місяців тому +11

      They forgot the treatment they received by conservatives when they were immigrants.

    • @Concerned_Robot
      @Concerned_Robot 11 місяців тому +8

      i think all the 5 boroughs should split up. It would be much easier to segregate crime, and let's face it: NYC is going down the drain!

    • @jKLa
      @jKLa 11 місяців тому +2

      @@masonkanterbury3007 they were never immigrants and they forgot no such bad treatment by conservatives. These are forth and fifth generation Americans. Also they are largely aware of the anti Italian ethnic discrimination many of their forbares received. It was bad and not comparable to being apposed to allowing mass illegal immigration from across the world and then denying it. The immigration of 100 years ago was open and legal, and then it mostly stopped not because the demand stopped nor the supply, but do to the immigration act of 1924. That's what put a stopp to it, that and actual enforcement of immigration law. And these communities mostly accepted it though some complained, and they became Americans.

    • @azul8811
      @azul8811 11 місяців тому +5

      They would have to establish their own Police, Fire, and Sanitation Departments. They would have to establish their own school system, Parks Department, Building Department, Department of Environmental Protection, etc., etc. Wouldn’t they?
      What about NYC civil servants that currently work for those NYC agencies, but in Staten Island. What happens to them?

  • @diIbert
    @diIbert 11 місяців тому +39

    I love Staten Island. Save yourselves you be better as a commonwealth.

    • @debralavorata546
      @debralavorata546 11 місяців тому +3

      As AL Bundy once said,run hard run fast ,run deep 💯🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🚴🚴🚴🚴🏂🏂🏂🏃🏊🏊🏊🏂🏂🏃🏃

    • @Lon.BedStuyforLife
      @Lon.BedStuyforLife 11 місяців тому

      Do you even know what it means to be a commonwealth?

    • @diIbert
      @diIbert 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Lon.BedStuyforLife Yes. 6 commonwealths exist in the USA. Make Staten Island the (lucky) 7th.
      Commonwealth of Staten Island. Has a nice ring to it.

    • @debralavorata546
      @debralavorata546 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@diIbertthat's a great intelligent answer 💯👍

    • @extremeking425
      @extremeking425 8 місяців тому +1

      not happening

  • @2MANYCARS
    @2MANYCARS 11 місяців тому +72

    Hell yeah it should.

    • @ramencurry6672
      @ramencurry6672 12 днів тому

      Maybe they could and be a part of Texas state

  • @David-mn2mp
    @David-mn2mp 11 місяців тому +112

    Yes they should. They are thinking realistically. I live in Queens but I totally support them for standing up to the madness.

    • @krystingrant6292
      @krystingrant6292 11 місяців тому +2

      Same I'm in Queens as well

    • @cynthiagonzalez658
      @cynthiagonzalez658 11 місяців тому +1

      Let's move there 👍

    • @ultramagnus4374
      @ultramagnus4374 11 місяців тому

      No, because then we’ll never have a Republican Mayor again

    • @cortneyeverett6927
      @cortneyeverett6927 11 місяців тому

      🗣Repent Israelites all praise to the most high YAHAWAH AND HIS SON YAHAWASHI🤴🏽🦁👑🛸
      The so called black man, Latino, and Native Americans are the Israelites. Yahawah chosen people. That are scattered in all nations through our fathers. Making them Israelite foreigners/Scattered sheep/The multitude.
      Yahawashi speaking: Matthew 15:24
      “But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel
      Deuteronomy 7:6 “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth
      Deuteronomy 32:39 “See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand
      Luke 13:5
      “I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish

    • @lilspeth
      @lilspeth 11 місяців тому +4

      Stand up and save your borough!

  • @robertaloi4857
    @robertaloi4857 11 місяців тому +39

    They definitely should secede, that is if they want to save themselves before it's too late.. and keep in mind, I am saying this as a New Yorker who resides in Brooklyn.

  • @mrcatfish2100
    @mrcatfish2100 11 місяців тому +13

    NYC is getting too expensive. They should.

  • @gabepizza
    @gabepizza 11 місяців тому +13

    It's not really part of NYC. The only way to access it from the rest of city is by ferry or the Verazzano Bridge which is cars only, no pedestrians or bikes. No subway system. Jersey City is more connected to New York City than Staten Island is.

    • @extremeking425
      @extremeking425 8 місяців тому +1

      they do have an mta train line but ok

    • @superbrownsheep3777
      @superbrownsheep3777 7 місяців тому

      You can also get to Staten Island by Bus. There’s several routes that run between Staten Island and Manhattan

    • @gabepizza
      @gabepizza 7 місяців тому

      @@superbrownsheep3777 yes but you have to go through Brooklyn

  • @WizelBalan
    @WizelBalan 11 місяців тому +33

    They can do as they wish, hold and election on it and if the majority decides yes then let it happen, it is what democracy is all about.

    • @jKLa
      @jKLa 11 місяців тому +1

      Unfortunately the state and NYC as a whole would have to agree and are distinctly unlikely to do so!

    • @donaldvonglitchenberger4108
      @donaldvonglitchenberger4108 11 місяців тому

      @@jKLabecause the state and city are run by democrats and the last thing a democrat stands for is democracy

    • @cortneyeverett6927
      @cortneyeverett6927 11 місяців тому

      🗣Repent Israelites all praise to the most high YAHAWAH AND HIS SON YAHAWASHI🤴🏽🦁👑🛸
      The so called black man, Latino, and Native Americans are the Israelites. Yahawah chosen people. That are scattered in all nations through our fathers. Making them Israelite foreigners/Scattered sheep/The multitude
      Yahawashi speaking: Matthew 15:24
      “But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
      Deuteronomy 7:6 “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth
      Deuteronomy 32:39 “See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand
      Luke 13:5
      “I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish

    • @chuckscott-cy7iq
      @chuckscott-cy7iq 11 місяців тому

      @@cortneyeverett6927 Dude, the Bible is fiction.🙄

  • @0ut1and3r
    @0ut1and3r 11 місяців тому +50

    she definitely said SUCCEED

    • @jamesjohnson1050
      @jamesjohnson1050 11 місяців тому +4

      I thought that I heard her say succeed.

  • @mariahenrich9602
    @mariahenrich9602 11 місяців тому +19

    They tried it before but it was too expensive for them.

    • @nysigal
      @nysigal 11 місяців тому +2

      We weren't allowed to. Sheldon Silver stopped it.

    • @mariahenrich9602
      @mariahenrich9602 11 місяців тому

      @@nysigal The felon? Nice. Real nice.

  • @sollunaystars
    @sollunaystars 11 місяців тому +42

    A resounding YES!! Please, immediately. Expedite the process.

  • @zackthebongripper7274
    @zackthebongripper7274 11 місяців тому +41

    Brooklyn used to be it's own city, with it's own mayor! Upstate NY should secede and become another state. Death to Manhattan tyranny!

    • @Lon.BedStuyforLife
      @Lon.BedStuyforLife 11 місяців тому

      AAAANNNND another dumb ass comment!!! I cannot tell how serious this comment is, but I will ask this. Give me the year when Brooklyn was its own city? Anyone? Anyone?
      This was when the city was still extremely young, in the midst of development and when the entire "city" area was still separating/separated into its individual parts. We can all Google this info -- it is not rocket science. Different time -- different circumstances. You cannot rubber-stamp decisions made in the past onto current events and situations related to the present and future.
      This is so stupid you cannot help but laugh... Upstate NY is -- UPSTATE in the state of New York (which additionally includes any county of New York outside of NYC within the physical state of New York -- NYC (New York City which includes its five boroughs) is the one city not physically connected to its state. For those living in NYC (New York City consists of the five boroughs of NYC: Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island).
      It appears that you don't even realize that you suggested that the STATE of New York should secede from New York City. What sense does that make? A state cannot secede from a city. A bit of common-sense thinking can go a long way. Just saying -- and we can debate on the facts.

    • @buy1bblget1free
      @buy1bblget1free 11 місяців тому

      Manhattan literally subsidies the state. Hell Staten Island gets more in tax services than they pay in taxes.

    • @lanxy2398
      @lanxy2398 11 місяців тому

      Upstate would literally become a shithole over night. NYC AND LONG ISLAND FUND THE REST OF NEW YORK STATE OUR TAX DOLLARS SUBSIDIZE THE ENTIRE STATE

    • @moniho6907
      @moniho6907 3 місяці тому

      How when nyc is what keeping upstate

  • @daniek1221
    @daniek1221 11 місяців тому +25

    I agree. SI will be much in better shape!

  • @johnduff3914
    @johnduff3914 11 місяців тому +8

    This comes up every 10-15 years or so. There was a referendum on it in the 90s and SI voted to secede and it was never mentioned again.

    • @cynthiagonzalez658
      @cynthiagonzalez658 11 місяців тому +1

      They got to get their emergency resources in place e.g. snow removal, etc etc...

    • @extremeking425
      @extremeking425 8 місяців тому

      @@cynthiagonzalez658they still will get denied

  • @paulstieler4468
    @paulstieler4468 11 місяців тому +8

    13 Counties Only Voted for Hochul 49 Counties Voted for Zeldin.

    • @vladimirratputin
      @vladimirratputin 11 місяців тому

      Yeah, they were sparsely populated, and mostly by trailer park meth heads that vote for Trump. Nice haul, Zeldin.

    • @dragonli7106
      @dragonli7106 11 місяців тому +1

      But 13 county have more votes than other 49 county 😆

    • @Ghost-nt4vk
      @Ghost-nt4vk 11 місяців тому

      Lmaoooo but land can’t vote?🤣🤣🤡🤡

  • @phenom.mental
    @phenom.mental 11 місяців тому +25

    The term is secession... Succession is the TV show.

    • @GH-tp6vu
      @GH-tp6vu 11 місяців тому +1

      You are correct.....

    • @fallen605
      @fallen605 11 місяців тому +1

      It's called internet not a test not life or death it's a word

    • @vladimirratputin
      @vladimirratputin 11 місяців тому

      It’s Fox News, what do you expect? A linguistics essay at Trinity College?

  • @curtisgreen9267
    @curtisgreen9267 11 місяців тому +6

    All states should secede from the union

    • @debralavorata546
      @debralavorata546 11 місяців тому

      I agree,each state has it's own governor,and mayor

  • @commiekillahjay2525
    @commiekillahjay2525 11 місяців тому +8

    We have nothing in common with the rest of the four boroughs. Yes ti succession.

    • @BlaneToll-xu2xc
      @BlaneToll-xu2xc 11 місяців тому

      Yes you do your all a blue state that supports these illegals coming into the United States. So as a proud Texan we ship these fence jumpers to your worthless state. Now your people complain cause there are to many there

  • @Gravesend83
    @Gravesend83 11 місяців тому +8

    That’ll be hilarious! Do it! Staten Island has no real businesses to keep it afloat.

  • @Gravesend83
    @Gravesend83 11 місяців тому +4

    That’ll be hilarious! Do it! Staten Island has no real businesses to keep it afloat. Please secede. Get your own sanitation, your own police force, your firefighters should not be part of the FDNY. All these entities will need to develop their own pensions. Pay for them from your own pocket plssssss

    • @panthrzc8910
      @panthrzc8910 6 місяців тому +1

      I deal with the 9/11 victims every day and majority of the FDNY firefighters i speak to are from Staten Island who put in the absolute most work when 9/11 happened. You quite literally know nothing it seems. Its ok brother

    • @42luke93
      @42luke93 3 місяці тому

      ⁠@@panthrzc8910
      He was trying to make a point that they would need to make their own Municpal services. Does not look like he meant to offend them.
      Speaking for the silence. Hard to reply to that. Thank you for service.

  • @seanchambers5674
    @seanchambers5674 11 місяців тому +16

    tbh if you ask most new yorkers they be forgetting staten island even apart of nyc

    • @uncleb7821
      @uncleb7821 11 місяців тому +5

      They be? Smh.

    • @phillipholland6795
      @phillipholland6795 11 місяців тому +2

      Yeah no one cares about Staten Island lmao

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 11 місяців тому +1

      the Bronx should leave first...pathetic voting record..

    • @dominicperez3777
      @dominicperez3777 11 місяців тому

      Well I'll be missing them and I'm from Queens, New York. I sympathize with them and Staten Islanders deserve to be treated better than this.

    • @debralavorata546
      @debralavorata546 11 місяців тому

      ​@@pgroove163look at the choices they've had over the years to pick from

  • @FATHOLLYWOODB123
    @FATHOLLYWOODB123 11 місяців тому +3

    Staten Island is the only sane place left in New York. I hope it secedes.

  • @albundy06
    @albundy06 11 місяців тому +28

    They should. Politics aside, You have to either take a toll bridge or a boat to get there for the "city" and its not included in subway system. It is more detached from "the city" than freaking Jersey as far as I concerned.

    • @dustinbosse233
      @dustinbosse233 11 місяців тому +8

      they also contribute a large amount of tax money, it is the highest income borough per family.

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 11 місяців тому +1

      those parts of NJ should be part of Manhattan

    • @max420thc
      @max420thc 11 місяців тому +1

      Yea, the parasite democrats have been sucking it dry for decades.

    • @dominicperez3777
      @dominicperez3777 11 місяців тому +2

      @@dustinbosse233 You're right I googled it! Staten Islanders are hard working taxpayers. If they secede to New Jersey, then they don't have to pay taxes to NYS. That's a win in my book cause NY is the toughest on taxes!

  • @jonnysoto718
    @jonnysoto718 11 місяців тому +3

    Nobody cares about staten island except for staten island.

    • @jKLa
      @jKLa 11 місяців тому +2

      Your statement on Staten Island ls FALSE. Many of us across the country care about Staten Island!

    • @dominicperez3777
      @dominicperez3777 11 місяців тому +1

      Except I do and I'm from Queens. I'm glad they're standing up against this open border madness, they're hard working Americans, and they're proud of their unique culture and identity and I respect that.

  • @onemanzerosquad5591
    @onemanzerosquad5591 11 місяців тому +3

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Not for nothing but once that happens, Staten Island is on it's own. Those city services and programs are gone.

    • @vaybor
      @vaybor 11 місяців тому +1

      eh.. Staten Island pays more than it gets back. By a lot. I looked at the numbers..

  • @stevenpivornik9982
    @stevenpivornik9982 11 місяців тому +5

    This reminds me the time they officially passed a bill of approval to change one part of West Paterson to Woodland Park because they didn't want to be affiliated with Paterson. This is New Jersey by the way in case anyone's confused lmao

    • @robbyel3958
      @robbyel3958 11 місяців тому

      Elmwood Park was way ahead of Woodland Park in doing that.

  • @InternacionalBoxing
    @InternacionalBoxing 11 місяців тому +4

    Staten island should worry more about congestion pricing 😂 that will not be sustainable for many of them

  • @UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart
    @UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart 11 місяців тому +7

    So does this mean that they will have to come up with their own budget and not take away from NYC's? I'm all for that.

    • @DOMiNOUKAE
      @DOMiNOUKAE 11 місяців тому

      I like how I'm no one responded to this comment because they know for a fact that would really sting

    • @charlesfriscia7236
      @charlesfriscia7236 11 місяців тому

      Absolutely and you also receive less tax money that you desperately need right now....Again not well thought out like your sanctuary city policy because you got more $$$ coming in from S.I. than going out...ALL EMOTIONS AND NO BRAINS

    • @user-vf6ru8gm9p
      @user-vf6ru8gm9p 11 місяців тому +4

      You have it backwards, NYC takes from S.I..

    • @extremeking425
      @extremeking425 8 місяців тому

      @@user-vf6ru8gm9pyou’re joking right?

    • @bruhbutwhytho2301
      @bruhbutwhytho2301 5 місяців тому +1

      @@user-vf6ru8gm9pGenerally suburban areas are more dependent on central parts of cities than the other way around

  • @HAD97
    @HAD97 11 місяців тому +6

    Observation from Georgia says absolutely get out while you can!

    • @infoguy1978
      @infoguy1978 11 місяців тому

      @HAD970- why are you watching this from georgia?

    • @HAD97
      @HAD97 11 місяців тому

      @@infoguy1978 Rural Georgia to be more precise where the worst thing we might see is a wreck out on route 41 once a year maybe. We watch from Georgia because that's where we live and we thought it would be more convenient than driving to another state.

    • @infoguy1978
      @infoguy1978 11 місяців тому

      @@HAD97 no what i mean is why are you watching a show about nyc from gerorgia. on a side note i was just in georgia and have family there.

  • @Hurpdurpdipidydoo
    @Hurpdurpdipidydoo 11 місяців тому +51

    So glad I live in Florida, these liberal policies are beyond dangerous and quite frankly hard to believe what I’m witnessing.

    • @VOT5311
      @VOT5311 11 місяців тому +21

      Oh please, stay in Florida

    • @hunter371
      @hunter371 11 місяців тому

      The gun violence in the state of Florida is worse per capita than New York

    • @brando7266
      @brando7266 11 місяців тому

      After that new law by desantis limiting abortion rights, I guess they'll be more rape and incest babies in Florida, good luck with that,

    • @max420thc
      @max420thc 11 місяців тому

      Oh please? Every democrat city and state is in full collapse right now. You people are in a cult and complete insane. Every decision you make is the wrong decision 100 percent of the time. One would think you would get something right every once in awhile but hell no. I’ve never seen such a circus of clowns in my life. The whole democrat party looks like the bar scene out of Star Wars. You clowns are destroying the country on purpose. Everyone I know is blaming you all (not your politicians ) YOU for destroying the country. I doubt you understand what that means. Let me explain it to you democrat voters. If a civil war breaks out, that’s what you seem to want. YOU will be the first to go in it. Not your politicians.

    • @JS-bn4vx
      @JS-bn4vx 11 місяців тому +12

      @@VOT5311enjoy that disaster. NYC is overrated anyway.

  • @bobl2887
    @bobl2887 11 місяців тому +2

    If the Staten Island want their independence from the yoke of New York City give it to them.

  • @JD91909
    @JD91909 11 місяців тому +3

    New York is gonna turn into San Francisco.

  • @southbug27
    @southbug27 11 місяців тому +2

    As an American who lives in the South, Ive always gotten the impression that Staten islam is more or real, regular America made up of working class & middle class American families many of whom are religious not atheist like Manhattan. If I’m wrong about that, please correct me & give me a better understanding of Staten Island.

    • @panthrzc8910
      @panthrzc8910 6 місяців тому

      Everyone who lives in staten island for the most part is blue collar. Union, FDNY, NYPD, DSNY etc. including women as well.

  • @thomasjorge4734
    @thomasjorge4734 11 місяців тому +3

    Join New Jersey and rescue her from becoming New York.

    • @infoguy1978
      @infoguy1978 11 місяців тому +1

      @thomasjorge4734- i think that will ultimately happen but the first step is to get out of nyc. once they succeed and have been on their own for about a decade or two they will see how liberating it is and probably take steps to join jersey whom they are almost touching and are culturally similar too. in reality they always should have been part of new jersey. new york will really feel seperated from them once they leave nyc hence they will approve a jersey merger.

  • @ScottyPimpinATL
    @ScottyPimpinATL 11 місяців тому +4

    Just demolish the bridge and let them live in luxury

    • @dominicperez3777
      @dominicperez3777 11 місяців тому

      Yeah. Fuck NY.

    • @user-vf6ru8gm9p
      @user-vf6ru8gm9p 11 місяців тому

      The day the bridge is closed for the marathon is one of the best days of the year on staten island.

  • @seanlanglois8620
    @seanlanglois8620 11 місяців тому +2

    As long as people are having their taxes going to take care of criminals yeah they should

  • @harriskimball8412
    @harriskimball8412 11 місяців тому +1

    Ridiculous...New York is simply ridiculous.

  • @TJCMN
    @TJCMN 11 місяців тому +4

    This would be a horrible decision if it were to go through. I understand the grievances locals have pertaining to some of the policies spearheaded by Manhattan and the neglect City Hall gives to the Island, but I think if anything the best parts of Staten Island should serve as a role-model for NYC.
    There are many whose families have ties to Manhattan in one way or another from Staten Island and vice-versa. The same can be said about Brooklyn and etc... There are also people who rely on the Staten Island Ferry and the public transit infrastructure (as well as regular / student metro cards) to get back and forth whether it be for school, work, volunteer work, to see friends and family, other leisurely pursuits, etc...
    Seceding from the rest of the City is an understandable gut reaction for some, but overall I think there will be quite a few negative consequences down the road that by the time we come to regret them it might be too late.
    Let's try to improve NYC and Staten Island I think contrary to what some in other boroughs think / say, has a lot that can be used as a template for improving the city as a whole, which desperately needs a comprehensive strategy that can be implemented in the near-future and provide tangible, positive results.

    • @stevenlevernier7357
      @stevenlevernier7357 11 місяців тому

      You seriously don't know you have to indent a paragraph. Come on bro...

  • @blackknight597
    @blackknight597 11 місяців тому +9

    SI has tons of city workers that are dependent on city jobs and while I get that there is a divisiveness over the topic. SI is too reliant on NYC. It’s just island culture and a homogenous demographic (more than half are of Mediterranean descent) that creates this uniqueness.

    • @michaelciccone2194
      @michaelciccone2194 11 місяців тому +1

      Proud to be of Italian-Irish-German ancestry.

    • @Lon.BedStuyforLife
      @Lon.BedStuyforLife 11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for using common sense!! 👏🏽👏🏽
      Promoting the secession of SI is insane. There is so much to think about if this action was to happen. How will SI be supported in social services and infrastructure, for example?
      It may feel good at the moment to say, "I'm mad about this -- that -- or the other, and so we should secede!"
      But at the end of the day hopefully, common sense will prevail.

    • @extremeking425
      @extremeking425 8 місяців тому

      @@michaelciccone2194um ok?

  • @jasonusa
    @jasonusa 11 місяців тому +2

    I think it should. NYC politicians blatantly ignore the needs of Staten Islanders. These people are taxed without representation. It shall secede.

    • @debralavorata546
      @debralavorata546 11 місяців тому

      it's true,but not just Staten Island the other three bouroughs, Manhattan gets dibs on everything first and always,whatever left is for the others

  • @HPD-wv8qu
    @HPD-wv8qu 11 місяців тому +2

    Bronx is the forgotten borough, it’s only remember because of crime

    • @ChromeZLord
      @ChromeZLord 11 місяців тому

      Well the crime went up in the Bronx when , all the Migrants came there

    • @debralavorata546
      @debralavorata546 11 місяців тому +2

      Really come visit and find out

  • @HueyPLewis
    @HueyPLewis 11 місяців тому +3

    Yes. The rest of us New Yorkers support you.

    • @Lon.BedStuyforLife
      @Lon.BedStuyforLife 11 місяців тому +2

      Don't put all of us in that bucket. I think it's the stupidest idea ever and if it ever did happen, they would be making the same ridiculous mistake that our friends across the pond did with Brexit. But by all means, if they are that anxious to go, then let them go. As long as they are willing to accept the consequences of the action when those consequences ultimately arise.

    • @max420thc
      @max420thc 11 місяців тому +1

      New York democrats are parasites, they can not live without a host to parasite off of. New York will collapse without the blood of states Island to feast off of.

    • @dominicperez3777
      @dominicperez3777 11 місяців тому

      Queensite here! They deserve to be independent from New York City! I love you Staten Islanders for standing up to this illegal immigration crisis caused by Democrat open border policies. Take control of yourselves. BE FREE!

  • @marysuckafreechic9006
    @marysuckafreechic9006 11 місяців тому +8

    Don’t ask for help when y’all sink 🤭

    • @Lon.BedStuyforLife
      @Lon.BedStuyforLife 11 місяців тому +1

      🤣🤣 I agree.

    • @max420thc
      @max420thc 11 місяців тому +2

      You are probably one of those democrats who think if to many people go to one side of the island the island will tip over. You probably voted for AOC , 😂

    • @42luke93
      @42luke93 3 місяці тому

      @@max420thcHe just joking

  • @BrooklynBoy_
    @BrooklynBoy_ 11 місяців тому +3

    Staten Island is already it's own county, Richmond County...

  • @Barb76
    @Barb76 11 місяців тому +4

    New york is over!

  • @BKPS
    @BKPS 11 місяців тому +2

    NYC should only be Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan.

  • @dutchmazz
    @dutchmazz 10 місяців тому +1

    But Staten Island is already it’s own County, it’s called Richmond?!?!

  • @TheEnigmaProductions
    @TheEnigmaProductions 11 місяців тому +4

    Yes it’s time SI to secede

  • @damionfragoso2655
    @damionfragoso2655 11 місяців тому +1

    All of the five should split back to counties. They are big enough and well able to maintain themselves. Do you really think that the Bronx Queens Kings county and that of Staten Island would choose to have the same police management and have all the homeless s******* in the street if they were self-governed?

  • @Janotes
    @Janotes 11 місяців тому +1

    Oh please I'm a life long resident what tax base is going to pay for this? Yeah the home owners. No thanks.

  • @KOU-ZAI
    @KOU-ZAI 11 місяців тому +1

    Staten Island should definitely do it. They deserve to protect their own, instead of getting dragged in the mud by NYC's incompetence.

    • @extremeking425
      @extremeking425 8 місяців тому

      deserve? nobody deserves anything

  • @Reconseal4050
    @Reconseal4050 11 місяців тому +6

    It will be mostly Italian then! 😂

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 11 місяців тому +1

      ciao

    • @dominicperez3777
      @dominicperez3777 11 місяців тому +3

      At least they're preserving their identity and culture.

    • @debralavorata546
      @debralavorata546 11 місяців тому

      that's the best part!!

    • @BlurDeploy
      @BlurDeploy 11 місяців тому

      @@dominicperez3777 Ah yes their culture of once upon a time being the immigrant families no one in America wanted here then becoming those same assholes their grandparents fought against to give them a better life here

    • @azicepricess
      @azicepricess 11 місяців тому

      Back to the old days when they use to control the streets and hated diversity.

  • @pardeeplace4480
    @pardeeplace4480 11 місяців тому +3

    They can't even if they wanted to.

    • @charlesfriscia7236
      @charlesfriscia7236 11 місяців тому

      Correct the legislature would have to approve it...With S.I. wanting out of NYC and Long Island wanting out of NYS are you starting to understand nobody at all wants to be around you people? Are you seeing that yet or are you still walking around with these on😎😎

  • @kluu5088
    @kluu5088 11 місяців тому +2

    YES !! 100%!! LETS DO IT!!!!

  • @macbrazzle754
    @macbrazzle754 11 місяців тому +1

    Everyone should succeed this usa corporation sucks

  • @CyanTheStrategist
    @CyanTheStrategist 11 місяців тому +2

    I say Staten Island secede and Long Island should become a borough

    • @42luke93
      @42luke93 3 місяці тому

      It is a Borrough

  • @apap1586
    @apap1586 9 місяців тому

    It would be a bad idea, would cost residents more. Property taxes ;income taxes, higher tolls, I would vote no.

  • @ryandemartino830
    @ryandemartino830 8 місяців тому

    Plz, I ABSOLUTELY hate this city.
    I love the place where I'm from, but I hate the people in charge.

  • @michaelelwell1331
    @michaelelwell1331 11 місяців тому +1

    this is what happens when you don't build a wall

  • @papaagidi2838
    @papaagidi2838 11 місяців тому +1

    SI will be better off by themselves from the woke nonsense in NYC

  • @paulrusso4953
    @paulrusso4953 11 місяців тому +7

    This ain't nothing. Eventually Hundreds of Millions of impoverished Immigrants world wide will come to America. Mind Blowing, almost unbelievable

    • @dipthongthathongthongthong9691
      @dipthongthathongthongthong9691 11 місяців тому +1

      Yep just like all the "dirty" Irish, Italians, Germans, Poles, etc generations before. This is what happens when you invade other countries and overthrow governments.

    • @debralavorata546
      @debralavorata546 11 місяців тому

      It will be called universal America

  • @user-ej5jm3in6t
    @user-ej5jm3in6t 11 місяців тому +2

    Leave if you don’t like it

  • @paulstieler4468
    @paulstieler4468 11 місяців тому +1

    Hochul / Explain Exactly What are New York Taxpayers getting for Taxes Paid.

  • @stevenwinterhill3623
    @stevenwinterhill3623 11 місяців тому +3

    I totally agree

  • @janusn9
    @janusn9 11 місяців тому +1

    Yeah and upstate should as well. Have a proper upstate NY and a Long Island State with all of NYC thrown in.

  • @soldierboywannabe267
    @soldierboywannabe267 11 місяців тому +8

    If they can so can Long Island
    We’re completely different from NY.
    We have our own power companies
    Our own water sources
    Schools
    Law enforcement
    And everything that is needed to separate

    • @Bassmaster-xd2pn
      @Bassmaster-xd2pn 11 місяців тому

      I agree 100%

    • @gabepizza
      @gabepizza 11 місяців тому

      Long Island isn't part of New York City

    • @Bassmaster-xd2pn
      @Bassmaster-xd2pn 11 місяців тому

      @@gabepizza yah no shit. We want to be our own state

    • @gabepizza
      @gabepizza 11 місяців тому

      @@Bassmaster-xd2pn would that state include Brooklyn and Queens?

    • @Bassmaster-xd2pn
      @Bassmaster-xd2pn 11 місяців тому

      @@gabepizza No Nassau and suffolk. The only counties on long island.

  • @CEOkiller
    @CEOkiller 11 місяців тому +1

    Yes! Staten Island secure your boarders! FJB!

  • @msin148
    @msin148 11 місяців тому

    What’s the breakdown of tax contribution per boro to NYC?

  • @user-tz7kt9iz9l
    @user-tz7kt9iz9l 11 місяців тому +1

    It’s should part of Russia or China

  • @server2307
    @server2307 11 місяців тому +1

    They should, its a useless borough no 1 talks about and its filled with racist. Yes its not repeesentative of NYC, so please seperate.

  • @jayuski
    @jayuski 11 місяців тому

    IN 1992 THE BORO OF STATEN ISLAND (RICHMOND COUNTY) VOTED FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM NEW YORK CITY TO BECOME IT'S OWN CITY. THEY LOST BY A NARROW MARGIN. STATEN ISLAND SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER VOTE TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORK. SO AS A SEPARATE ENTITY IT CAN PROGRESS AND CONSERVE ITS VALUES TO KEEP CRIME DOWN AND LOWER TAXES FOR ITS HOMEOWNERS AND WORKING PEOPLE. NEW YORK CITY HAS THE HIGHEST TAXES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEY GOUGE EVERYONE. NYC IS A WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION MUNICIPALITY RUN BY THE DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE "RENT-SEEKING" LAWS THAT HURT EVERYONE AND THE FUNDS DO NOT GO DIRECTLY INTO INFRASTRUCTURE OR SERVICES FOR THE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF STATEN ISLAND. THE MAJORITY OF NYC'S REVENIE GOES TO DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN AND QUEENS. THE OTHER BOROS ARE NEGLECTED AND FORGOTTEN.

  • @davidsonowski414
    @davidsonowski414 11 місяців тому +1

    It would not surprise me

  • @joseloor4762
    @joseloor4762 11 місяців тому +1

    They should be integrated more by connecting it to Manhattan!

  • @turkrane12
    @turkrane12 11 місяців тому +1

    For centuries alone the home of a few, Staten Island what has happened to you

  • @jeanneparadise8200
    @jeanneparadise8200 11 місяців тому +1

    When the Titanic was sinking the survivors left.

  • @alexmorphe5777
    @alexmorphe5777 11 місяців тому +1

    The funny thing about these illegal immigrants issue is now the democrats are asking speedy legal immigration status for these people, we all know what gonna happened if they succeeded.

    • @user-ej5jm3in6t
      @user-ej5jm3in6t 11 місяців тому +1

      If you feel that way, then you need more jobs in Staten Island stop going to my hair looking for work

    • @user-ej5jm3in6t
      @user-ej5jm3in6t 11 місяців тому

      Stop going to my head and looking for work changes separate separate in Staten. Island ain’t going to change nothing we are heading into a new age the New World order it is only the privilege that is speaking we love Staten Island Way it is.

  • @lchris5709
    @lchris5709 11 місяців тому +3

    Yes

  • @JanColdwater
    @JanColdwater 6 місяців тому

    When will it? Talk, talk, talk.
    It will be its own county… like Richmond County? Yeah, and will they ever adhere to the unincorporated constitutions??

  • @MrZakatista
    @MrZakatista 11 місяців тому +1

    We wish them well.

  • @arthurm.358
    @arthurm.358 2 місяці тому +1

    Yonkers should replace it as the 5th burough 💯

  • @speedwagon1824
    @speedwagon1824 6 місяців тому

    Absolutely delusional. Staten Island can fit a million more at least, it's completely sustainable.

  • @jameskelly5672
    @jameskelly5672 11 місяців тому

    There is no train or subway to Staten island that alone should be anuff to secede,from being a Burrough of nyc city.

  • @rafalpgresiak629
    @rafalpgresiak629 11 місяців тому

    They should New York goes to hell very quickly

  • @russlecrowe287
    @russlecrowe287 10 місяців тому

    The best thing I've ever done for myself was leave that hate-filled island behind me

  • @vladimirratputin
    @vladimirratputin 11 місяців тому +1

    Yeah they should. And NYC should charge SI residents $49.99 for the use of the Verrazano bridge and $19.99 for the use of the ferry. Each way.
    Let’s see how long they stay independent 😂😂😂

  • @rickyrozzay5189
    @rickyrozzay5189 11 місяців тому

    Staten Island was never part of New York City give them to New Jersey

  • @mattro7107
    @mattro7107 11 місяців тому +1

    it's Frickin Ridickalous

  • @MrBlazinerday
    @MrBlazinerday 11 місяців тому

    if they secede , who will be in charge? sounds like maliotakis has something to gain by sowing division

  • @brooklynebony
    @brooklynebony 11 місяців тому +1

    Ridiculous question: it’s not going to happen so why ask.

  • @johnpaulkane6153
    @johnpaulkane6153 11 місяців тому

    Maybe because New York is telling you to New Mexico.

  • @45kzzeemoney
    @45kzzeemoney 8 місяців тому +1

    staten island isn’t nyc its should secede

  • @jason-hy8ci
    @jason-hy8ci 11 місяців тому +2

    Do it.

  • @self3459
    @self3459 11 місяців тому +4

    There will be a lot of succeeding

  • @thekinarbo
    @thekinarbo 11 місяців тому +2

    Yes, Staten Island should succeed. LOL!
    Gotta love progressive/marxist education.

  • @adrianneedwards6179
    @adrianneedwards6179 11 місяців тому +3

    Do it. Good luck. 😅😅

  • @AngryAyrab
    @AngryAyrab 6 місяців тому

    I would move to Staten Island if this happened.

  • @GKelley-gn1ul
    @GKelley-gn1ul 11 місяців тому +1

    YES YES YES YES KEEP YOUR MONEY....

  • @stevenlevernier7357
    @stevenlevernier7357 11 місяців тому

    Save yourselves, get out as fast as possible. They are stealing your money.

  • @JoeBilello1969
    @JoeBilello1969 10 місяців тому

    Taxes would go through the roof!!!!