51st State?

New York City (or at least some of its politicians) wants to secede from New York State:

Emboldened by Mayor Bloomberg's testimony in Albany this week that the city's taxpayers pay the state $11 billion a year more than they get back, a City Council member is offering legislation that would begin the process of having New York City secede from New York State.

Peter Vallone Jr., a Democrat who represents Queens, is pushing the idea, and the Council plans to hold a hearing on the possibility of making New York City the 51st state.

As a former New Yorker (city, that is), I think it might make some sense. Then, we could have two utterly corrupt state governments, where we only had one before.