When my father took over at that time, The big fracture was upstate versus downstate [in New York]. Yes, right. You lived it. Yes, we lived it. And upstate for non New Yorkers, primarily Republican leaning conservative New York City at that time, very, very liberal. (00:00–00:06)
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Asserts that historically, the major political divide in New York was between upstate and downstate regions.
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