Divide NYS into Autonomous Regions
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Ask your county, town, city
or village officials
to take this action

In NYS under the home rule clause, NYS Senators and Assembly(wo)men are obliged to introduce a bill if an municipality in their district passes a home rule resolution;  and then sends a copy of the resolution AND the bill (Amendment) to their NY State legislators.
The Resolutions, Amendment text, and links to local officials emails are below:
Ask your County/Borough to adopt the following home-rule resolution
Whereas:
The views of people who live in the upstate and downstate areas of New York State are very different and really should be divided into separate states, or completely autonomous regions.
It is therefore resolved: that the ______(supervisors/legislators)__ of _ (county name)__County have adopted this home-rule resolution and request  our NYS legislators support an amendment to our New York State constitution to divide our state into completely autonomous regions; the New Amsterdam, the Montauk and the New York Regions with only a token state government. A draft of the proposed amendment is attached.
Links to County supervisors/legislators and the draft amendment are below

=== For Cities Towns & Villages ===
Ask your Town, City or Village to adopt the following home-rule resolution
Whereas: The views of people who live in the upstate and downstate areas of New York State are very different and really should be divided into separate states, or completely autonomous regions.
It is therefore resolved: that the City/Town/Village of _(city/town/village name) board/council_ in _(county name) _ County
have adopted this home-rule resolution and request our NYS legislators support an amendment to our New York State constitution to divide our state into completely autonomous regions; the New Amsterdam, the Montauk, and the New York Regions with only a token state government. A draft of the proposed amendment is attached.

The Amendment text is below in pdf format for you to download.

amendment_to_divide_ny_state_into_three_regions_version7.pdf
File Size: 392 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Below is a two page outline that explains the Amendment
three_region_outline__to_divide_ny_state.pdf
File Size: 126 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Click here for sample emails
You can email your member of the Assembly at http://www.assembly.state.ny.us
You can email your NYS senator at http://www.nysenate.gov/senators

Links to County Supervisors /Legislators are below:
For City, Town or Village Officials Just google the its name plus NY to find its website
Example "Town of Colonie NY"

Albany County Legislators and contact info:
http://www.albanycounty.com/legislature/legislators.aspx

Allegany County Legislators:

http://www.alleganyco.com/government/legislators/ 

Brooklyn Borough
http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/

Bronx Borough
http://bronxboropres.nyc.gov/contact/

Broome County Legislators:
http://gobroomecounty.com/legis/legislators  

Cattaraugus Co Legislators:
http://www.cattco.org/government/legislators  

Cayuga Co Legislators:
http://www.cayugacounty.us/CountyGovernment/ClerkofLegislature/Legislature.aspx

Chautauqua Co Legislators:

http://www.co.chautauqua.ny.us/396/Legislature  

Chemung Co Executive/Legislators:
Some have emails others have a form. Must click on official's name/title

https://www.chemungcountyny.gov/elected_officials/index.php

Chenango Co. B.O.S:
(select the town or city ward you live in)
http://www.co.chenango.ny.us/supervisors/elected-supervisors.php

Clinton County

http://www.clintoncountygov.com/legislative/clinton_county_legislature

Columbia County
https://sites.google.com/a/columbiacountyny.com/columbia-county-board-of-supervisors/home

Cortland County

http://cortlandcountyny.iqm2.com/Citizens/Board

Delaware County
http://www.co.delaware.ny.us/departments/cob/bos.htm

Dutchess County

http://www.dutchessny.gov/CountyGov/Departments/Legislature/CLlegislators.htm

Erie County
http://www2.erie.gov/legislature/

Essex County
http://www.co.essex.ny.us/BoardMembers.asp

Franklin County
http://franklincony.org/content/Generic/View/10

Fulton County

http://www.fultoncountyny.gov/node/4

Genesee County
http://www.co.genesee.ny.us/departments/legislature/legislative_members.html

Greene County
http://greenegovernment.com/legislature/elected-officials/
 
Hamilton County
http://www.hamiltoncounty.com/government/board-supervisors

Herkimer County
http://herkimercounty.org/content/Boards/View/25

Jefferson County

https://co.jefferson.ny.us/departments/Legislature/county-legislators

Lewis County
https://www.lewiscounty.org/departments/legislative-board/legislative-board

Livingston County
(Must select individual supervisor for contact information)
http://www.co.livingston.state.ny.us/index.aspx?NID=619

Madison County
(must click on supervisor's photo for contact information)
http://www.madisoncounty.ny.gov/board-supervisors/2014-board-supervisors

Manhattan Borough

http://manhattanbp.nyc.gov/html/home/home.shtml

Monroe County
http://www2.monroecounty.gov/legislature-legislators.php

Montgomery County
https://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/sites/public/government/Government_Development/contactsofficials.aspx

Nassau County

http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/489/County-Legislature

New York City
http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml

Niagara County
http://niagaracounty.com/Legislature.aspx

Oneida County 
(Must click on name for contact information)
http://www.ocgov.net/leg

Onondaga County Legislators and contact info:
http://www.ongov.net/legislature/members.html 

Ontario County
http://www.co.ontario.ny.us/BusinessDirectoryII.aspx?lngBusinessCategoryID=35

Orange County

https://www.orangecountygov.com/DocumentCenter/View/5916

Orleans County
http://www.orleansny.com/Government/Legislature.aspx

Oswego County

http://www.oswegocounty.com/legislature/legislators.html

Otsego County
http://www.otsegocounty.com/depts/bor/
 
Putnam County

http://www.putnamcountyny.com/legi/legislators/

Queens Borough

http://www.queensbp.org/

Rensselaer County
https://www.rensselaercounty.org/legislators/  

Rockland County
(must click on person's photo for contact information)

http://rocklandgov.com/elected-officials/

Saratoga County
http://www.saratogacountyny.gov/board-of-supervisors/ 

Schenectady County

http://www.schenectadycounty.com/content/contact-your-legislators  

Schoharie County
(each town’s supervisor also serves on the B.O.S. click on town name for contact information)

http://www4.schohariecounty-ny.gov/government/  

Schuyler County
http://www.schuylercounty.us/Directory.aspx?DID=16  

Seneca County: B.O.S and contact info:

https://www.co.seneca.ny.us/minutes-agendas-laws-resolutions/contact-information-for-board-of-supervisors/

St Lawrence County
http://www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/Maps/FindMyLegislator.asp


Staten Island Borough
http://www.statenislandusa.com/contact.html

Steuben County
http://www.steubencony.org/pages.asp?PID=297  

Suffolk County
(must click on name for contact information)

https://www.scnylegislature.us/148/Legislators

Sullivan County
http://sullivanny.us/Departments/Legislature  

Tioga County

https://www.tiogacountyny.com/departments/legislature/ 

Tompkins County
http://tompkinscountyny.gov/legislature/legislators  

Ulster County
http://ulstercountyny.gov/legislature/legislative-members  

Warren County
http://www.warrencountyny.gov/gov/bos.php  

Washington County
(each town’s supervisor also serves on the B.O.S.)

http://www.co.washington.ny.us/241/Board-of-Supervisors

Westchester County
(must click on person's photo for contact information)

https://www.westchesterlegislators.com/legislators

 Wayne County B.O.S and contact info:
http://web.co.wayne.ny.us/cotb/  

Wyoming County
http://www.wyomingco.net/Board/Main.html  

Yates County
(Must click on your district no for contact information)

http://www.yatescounty.org/161/Legislators


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