By Nicolas Gregoris, includes “The title of ‘county executive’ may not be as sexy as ‘President of the United States,’ but if the past twenty-two months have taught us anything, it is that these local offices matter insofar as they can determine how ‘normal’ and free your day-to-day life is. … Counties leaving their current states and cities leaving their current counties to join neighboring areas that more closely align with their politics should be a part of popular political discourse. … New York state has always been ripe for secession movements. …”