It fascinated me that Staten Island is a RED borough.
I know it really is far diffrent from the rest of NYC but still...
None of the NYC suburbs to the North or West (NJ) have red CD’s. And even directly to the East are blue districts on Long Island ... how is Staten Island so much of a red leaner
*and I ask again, how do we increase the majority by 10 when we don’t hold onto our seats we already have
Even though Staten Island is in the city, transportation to Manhattan (or even to the fashionable parts of Brooklyn) is harder than it is from across the Hudson, or Westchester, or Long Island. Someone hoping to move to an NYC suburb for the purpose of commuting to somewhere in Manhattan would prefer
not to live on Staten Island. It is also home to police neighborhoods which might be
extremely alienated from the Democratic Party as it exists in 2020.
