 New York has 29 electoral votes in national presidential elections, a drop from its peak of 47 votes from 1933 to 1953.The state has a strong imbalance of payments with the federal government.According to the Office of the New York State Comptroller, New York State received 91 cents in services for every $1 it sent in taxes to the U.S. federal government in the 2013 fiscal year; New York ranked in 46th place in the federal balance of payments to the state on a per capita basis.