"The large majority of expatriate New Yorkers lived upstate and were working, tax-paying Republicans. Exactly the sort of people who Andy Cuomo said had “no place†in New York. And now, thanksin large part to his policies, they literally have no place in New York.
That is not an accident."
Actually, I believe this is what the downstaters (New York City, Westchester County, Long Island) want.
If the vast center of NY state could be depopulated of deplorables, the elites could then just expand the existing Adirondack Park to cover most of the rest of the state. Force residents and businesses out, then declare it "forever wild".
The "cityots" (think city+Idiot) just don't care.