Why does the character George Altman in Suburgatory choose to move from New York City to upstate New York ?
Skelos , a Long Island native , hatched a plan to lure four conservative New York City Democrats ( known collectively as the " Gang of Four " ) to vote for Skelos as leader of the Senate in exchange for committee assignments , but the move backfired : the Democrats in question got the committee assignments ( ahead of the upstate senators who were expected to get them ) but instead turned and announced their support for Senate Democratic leader Malcolm Smith , as part of a deal ironically hatched by upstate politicians Steven Pigeon and Tom Golisano .