What is one of the best things about living in New York State? Well, you get to live Halloween all year around, of course. From the spooktacular taxes, to the frightening business regulations, to the chills you get when you think about the state intervening in your daily life and restricting almost every aspect of what you do, to the terrifying screeches from the state’s unfunded mandates; New Yorkers are left horrified and wanting to scream into the void. As Upstate New York is gutted and carved out of life, the cities and towns abandoned from loss of manufacturing, the tax burden, and overregulation look sleepier and hollower than an empty pumpkin on the doorstep waiting to be finished off by passing squirrels and deer.
As citizens ride around headless feeling as if they are ghosts of their former selves, they act like zombies just trying to get by in their costly lives. Meanwhile, Governor Kathy Hochul and her squad of vampires continue to suck the life out of the good people, but worry not, because she sent us a $200 inflation check so that we can save it for when tax season comes back around. How can such a wonderful place as Upstate New York have such werewolves forcing their will upon on it? Why does one city get to turn the rest of the state into a hellscape and enforce its imperialistic ways on everyone?
Majority rules and land does not vote, they say, but what about the majority in the counties outside of the boroughs (and the larger metropolitan area)? Do our voices not count? Do we not matter? Do we not have the right to determine our own political future? Should we not determine our own tax policies and decide what regulations we want to apply to businesses and our personal lives? Should we not be free to experience a life full of meaning where we do not have to constantly worry about how we will be able to pay for our groceries or appliances that fail? We the people deserve to break up the one-party system that has hijacked the government and empowered itself to be able to resist any opposition. When will we be able to wake up from this nightmare and seize the power back for ourselves?
The fact of the matter is that remaining silent will keep this world run by ghouls going indefinitely, but if you begin to act toward the goal of separation, there is an increased chance that success will come. Contact your state representatives, spread the message, and do your part to raise awareness to the idea of dividing the state to match the will of the people. Find reasonable ways to not comply and to challenge the authority of the status quo. Haunt the politicians before they can do it to you, and assemble the people and put a trick-or-treat ultimatum in front of the capitol or the governor’s mansion. Only the people coming together to demand change can bring about a brighter future for all New Yorkers.
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Regards,
​Craig Peterson, Jr.
Divide NYS Treasurer

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Dear Hon (Assemblymember’s name)
The views of people who live in the upstate, suburbs and NYC areas of New York State are very different and really should be divided into separate states, but completely autonomous regions are much easier to accomplish. Please co-sponsor the divide amendment in 2023 to the NYS constitution
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