Residents of Staten Island have long celebrated their distinct distance from the rest of New York City, and the election of a leftist mayor has fired up old conversations about breaking away from the Big Apple. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/13/world/us-staten-island-secession/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #newyork #zohranmamdani #donaldtrump #republicans