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Long Island has made attempts in the past to secede from New York and become its own state. Mentions of Long Island secession range from 1896 to 2010. The proposed 51st state has also speculated the combination of Nassau and Suffolk counties into one county in order to reduce costs. The state of Long Island would include over 2.7 million people, not including the more populous west end of the island. Nassau County executive Ed Mangano came out in support of such a proposal in April 2010 and was said to be commissioning a study on it.〔Sid Cassese and William Murphy. “Nassau Executive Mangano Supports LI as 51st State.” Newsday, (Melville, NY), April 30, 2010. http://ezproxy.arcadia.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=2W6468811411&site=ehost-live.〕 Any proposal would need to be approved by the New York State Legislature, which has refuted all previous secession efforts,〔〔Casesse, Sid and William Murphy (2010-05-01). (Nassau executive Magnano supports Long Island as 51st state ). ''Newsday''. Retrieved 2010-05-01.〕 and the United States Congress. The Long Island statehood movement has been featured on the History Channel series ''How the States Got Their Shapes''.〔How The Tate Chasing Tail. How the States Got Their Shapes Season 1 Episode 10 Mouthing Off, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvYXtD6bUk.〕 ==Secession History== The first known proposal of Long Island as its own state was published in the The New York Times in 1896. Sugar refiner, Adolph Molenhaur, claimed other big cities in New York did not take Long Island into account when making decisions and were spending money without any benefit to Long Island’s interests. In 1996 a non-binding vote took place in which the idea of secession was approved. However, no further action was taken at that time. On March 28, 2008, Suffolk County, New York, comptroller Joseph Sawicki and Keith Durgan proposed a plan that would make Long Island (specifically, Nassau and Suffolk counties) the 51st state of the United States of America (or, should Upstate New York and/or Western New York be included in the breakup of New York State, the 52nd or 53rd). Sawicki says that all the Long Island taxpayers' money would stay on Long Island, rather than the funds being dispersed all over the entire state of New York. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Long Island (proposed state)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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