Staten Island’s secession call: Letters to the Editor — Sept. 2, 2023

As an independent county, we would lose the NYPD, FDNY, Department of Education and many other services from New York City.

A favorable home rule message from Albany is needed. This requires the support of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. He and his predecessors, for decades, have consistently denied this request for liberty. The last GOP Assembly speaker was Perry Duryea, who served from 1969 to 1973. The resignation of President Richard Nixon as a result of Watergate created a tidal wave in the 1974 election, which resulted in Democrats gaining control of the Assembly, going on 48 years.

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