its important for everyone to understand that Nassau and (to a lesser degree) Suffolk counties are where the wall street assholes live; it should not be a surprise that despite being ostensibly democrat, they have the same politics as, say, your usual strip mall car salesmen. These are not pro-worker people; these are "fuck you i got mine" people. this is anthony scaramucci's home turf (remember him?). this is billy joel's cocaine-and-drunk-driving homestead.