NYC wanted to ban the use of certain cooking oils in restaurants and wanted to ban smoking outdoors.

NYPD will arrest AND jail you if they spot a knife clipped to your pocket, or if they catch you putting your feet up on a seat in the subway.

While I am generally opposed to secession, I think we'd be a lot better of without NY, IL, NJ, MA, and RI. NYC and Chicago want to impose their way of life on the rest of the nation through federal legislation, and I think it's about time we just kick them out of the USA altogether. Too bad that just ain't feasible.