Residents of NY, what say you? Is the time right for NY State to divide?
The logical division point would be the Northern border of the NYC watershed (Just East of Broome County, South of Albany).
The area South and East of that point could keep the name New York for their state, The area of the current state of NY North and West of that line would form the "new" state (working name "New Netherlands").
Two very functional states from the most dysfunctional state in the Union! Better representation for the population of both states. Two very different state governments where one exists today.
The groundwork is already there, right in the US Constitution! Article 4 section 3 provides the legal authority to create a new state within the borders of a current state, with the consent of both the legislature of the states involved and the US Congress.
One thing I think both the Upstate residents and the Downstate residents could agree on.
EDIT: Perhaps I was not clear in the question I was asking. Should New York divide into two states, both a part of the United States as a means of solving the dysfunctional state of the current government.
Darrin: We may be one country, but we are currently 50 states. I look to make that 51.