The secession of Long Island from New York

New York

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 was proposed as early as 1896, but talk was revived towards the later part of the 20th century. On March 28, 2008 Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...

 Comptroller Joseph Sawicki and Keith Durgan proposed a plan that would make Long Island

Long Island

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 (specifically, Nassau

Nassau County, New York

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 and Suffolk counties) the 51st state

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 of the United States of America. Sawicki says that all the Long Island taxpayers' money would stay on Long Island, rather than the funds being dispersed all over the entire state of New York. The state of Long Island would include over 2.7 million people, not including the more populous west end of the island. Nassau County executive Ed Mangano

Ed Mangano

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 came out in support of such a proposal in April 2010 and was said to be commissioning a study on it. Any proposal would need to be approved by the New York State Legislature, which has shot down all previous secession efforts in state history, and the United States Congress

Article Four of the United States Constitution

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Social media

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 have also stepped in with Facebook

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 pages, Twitter

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 accounts and blog

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