New York City secession

New York City secession, the secession of New York City (and possibly neighboring areas) from New York State and/or the United States, has been proposed several times in history. These movements have been in some ways just extreme manifestations of the ordinary tensions between the city area and the government based in the economically and politically distinct Upstate New York region at Albany.

See also

• Urban secession
• Upstate New York's Statehood Movement
• Maine - A state that used to be part of Massachusetts.
• Kentucky - Formerly western Virginia.
• Tennessee - Formerly western North Carolina.
• Vermont - Depending on who you talk to, it was once western New Hampshire or northeastern New York.
• West Virginia - A state formed by a section of Virginia breaking off from the rest of the state due to opposition to Virginian secession during the Civil War.
• Province of Toronto - A proposal for the secession of Canada's most populous city.