New York City

New York City is a significant source of [[political fundraising]].<ref>Lincoln, Taylor. [https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/MaxedOut.pdf ''The Wells of the Congress''], [[Public Citizen]], January 18, 2022. Accessed January 13, 2024. "Eight of the 10 zip codes giving the most in maxed-out contributions are located in New York City and, specifically, in Manhattan."</ref> The city has a strong imbalance of payments with the national and state governments. It receives 83 cents in services for every $1 it sends to the federal government in [[Taxation in the United States|taxes]] (or annually sends $11.4&nbsp;billion more than it receives back). City residents and businesses also sent an additional $4.1&nbsp;billion in the 2009–2010 [[fiscal year]] to the state than the city received in return.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 2011 |title=Downstate Pays More, Upstate Gets More: Does It Matter? |url=https://rockinst.org/blog/downstate-pays-upstate-gets-matter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501015209/http://www.rockinst.org/observations/wardr/2011-12-giving_getting.aspx |archive-date=May 1, 2016 |access-date=January 22, 2019 |publisher=The Nelson A. [[Rockefeller Institute of Government]]—The Public Policy Research Arm of the State University of New York }}</ref>

New York City is a significant source of [[political fundraising]].<ref>Lincoln, Taylor. [https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/MaxedOut.pdf ''The Wells of the Congress''], [[Public Citizen]], January 18, 2022. Accessed January 13, 2024. "Eight of the 10 zip codes giving the most in maxed-out contributions are located in New York City and, specifically, in Manhattan."</ref> The city has a strong imbalance of payments with the national and state governments. It receives 83 cents in services for every $1 it sends to the federal government in [[Taxation in the United States|taxes]] (or annually sends $11.4&nbsp;billion more than it receives back). City residents and businesses also sent an additional $4.1&nbsp;billion in the 2009–2010 [[fiscal year]] to the state than the city received in return.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 2011 |title=Downstate Pays More, Upstate Gets More: Does It Matter? |url=https://rockinst.org/blog/downstate-pays-upstate-gets-matter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501015209/http://www.rockinst.org/observations/wardr/2011-12-giving_getting.aspx |archive-date=May 1, 2016 |access-date=January 22, 2019 |publisher=The Nelson A. [[Rockefeller Institute of Government]]—The Public Policy Research Arm of the State University of New York }}</ref>

==== Possible Takeover ====

On July 8, 2025, [[Donald Trump|President Donald Trump]] announced in a conference that he is considering a takeover of both [[Washington, D.C.]] and New York City. At the conference, Trump said: "We're not going to have -- if a communist gets elected to run New York, it can never be the same. But we have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to," suggesting that a takeover of New York City would occur if [[Zohran Mamdani]], the democratic nominee for mayor, is elected. Mamdani has also described himself openly as a "[[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]]" and would become the first [[Socialism|socialist]] to become mayor of New York City if elected.<ref>{{Cite web |last=News |first=A. B. C. |title=Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-suggests-taking-new-york-city-washington/story?id=123581492 |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>

=== International relations ===

=== International relations ===