STATEMENT FROM ASSEMBLY MINORITY LEADER WILL BARCLAY ON NEW YORK LOSING A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
“The Census numbers released today confirm New York’s state of decline that we’ve witnessed for a decade. Losing a Congressional seat diminishes our level of representation in the halls of Congress and is the result of ongoing population loss driven by misguided policies and priorities.
As 1.5 million New Yorkers fled to greener pastures in the past decade, Democrats have continued to maintain a head-in-the-sand mentality to the issues driving people away. It costs too much to live here. Our taxes are among the nation’s highest. Red tape and costly regulations are stifling small businesses and preventing job growth.
At the beginning of the year I asked my colleagues, ‘When 1.5 million people leave New York in 10 years, does that mean we’re doing something right or doing something wrong?’ Democrats have refused to answer with any meaningful action that might trigger a course correction.
Albany’s One-Party-Rule is content to watch the exodus from New York take place as they tax and spend at record levels. With this unsustainable approach, today’s unfortunate news from the Census will continue to be a recurring theme.”
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It’s the weather driving people south and west … not a yearning for more fascistic Republican policies. One wishes WB would pack up himself, his family (which exists and rules politically off inherited wealth), and all the citizens in these environs still openly displaying their racism and desire for fascist dictatorship with their Trump and Confederate flags, and set out for Alabama … so they can be on the majority-side of one-party Republican rule. It ain’t happening here Will, despite your dedicated work scribbling right-wing gibberish for decades on-end. Have fun writing the same tired Republican talking points for the next 30 years while watching progressives implement good public policy.