Yes, you don't get a dime of the enormous amount of money that NY State receives from NYC residents in state income taxes? Nothing for roads, for beaches, for fucking funding for every ridiculous project LI wants money for? All that shit comes out of taxes me an other NYC residents have and still do pay.
LI, like the rest of NY State, is a goddamn parasite on NYC. You should be thrilled the goose keeps shitting out golden eggs, or you'd be living in colder Delaware.
It's much like most southern and Western states. They didn't realize how much funding they take in from the few monster cities versus how much they take out. Most of the US lives on welfare from the major cities.