New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently expressed support for letting the Irish determine whether their island should be unified — but the Emerald Isle is hardly the only one whose residents have long sought the right to draw their own political boundaries.
During the city’s recent St. Patrick’s Day festivities, the mayor said that “as someone who believes deeply in the principles of self-determination, I think that should also be something extended to the Irish.”
That afternoon, Assemblymember Sam Pirozzolo, who represents neighborhoods in northern Staten Island, mimicked Mamdani, changing just one word in his phrasing: “As someone who believes deeply in the principles of self-determination, I think that should also be something extended to Staten Island.”…