The New York City immigrant crisis has renewed the calls for Staten Island to secede from New York City, prompting Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) to lead the charge earlier this week.
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For nearly 200 years, New Jersey and New York City bickered over ownership of Staten Island, with the residents overwhelmingly siding with NYC in 1894 until popular opinion changed following the Fresh Kills garbage dump.
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