WI: Three thousand votes different in 1894 NYC Consolidation Referendum

As far as I can tell, no one has asked this, so I'll throw it out there.

In 1894, the idea of a consolidated "Greater New York City" took hold and went to referendum. The goal was to create a single city out of Manhattan, Brooklyn (and the rest of Kings County), the developed portions of Queens County, Richmond County, and a few towns in Westchester.

Of course, in OTL the event was not as smooth as expected by pro-consolidation forces. The commission charged with creating GNYC issued a statement saying, "Your vote is only a simple expression of opinion. Actual consolidation does not come until the Legislature acts. Electors will please observe that this vote amounts to nothing more than a simple expression of opinion on the general subject of consolidation. it is merely the gathering of the sentiment of the electors each municipality advisory as to future proceedings. If every ballot in a city or town were cast in favor of consolidation there would be no finality about it; no consolidation would result until further action by the legislature prescribing methods, terms and conditions." Needless to say, some took this as a non-binding resolution.

This potential, albeit minor, controversy aside, here are how the votes shook out (for/against):

New York County: 96,938/59,959
Kings County: 64,744/64,467
Queens County: 7,712/4,741
Richmond County: 5,531/1,505
Mount Vernon (town): 872/1,603
Eastchester (town): 630/631
Westchester (town): 374/260
Pelham (town): 261/153

A few notes about this: Kings County included Brooklyn proper and towns that were to be annexed by Brooklyn at the end of 1894. The vote in Brooklyn was against consolidation by 1,034. Also, the town of Flushing, in Queens County, voted overwhelmingly against consolidation.

This referendum was taken back to Albany (kind of... the details are fuzzy from my brief research) and consolidation was done as we know NYC today. Westchester, although it supported consolidation, was not originally part of the GNYC plan, and with it being detached from the rest of the proposed city was left out of the mergers.

Here is information for further reading: http://dls.state.va.us/groups/consolidation/meetings/092204/NYCity.pdf

Given the sentiment and closeness of this vote, I ask the following question: What if 300 votes in Kings County had flipped? What if 3,000 had, creating a more resounding "no?"

Would Brooklyn still be an independent city? Would Richmond County have been consolidated into NYC with such distance between it and Manhattan (and no direct connection save through Brooklyn)? Would the islands along coastal Queens County been partitioned off into Nassau County along with the eastern towns, as had been done in OTL because of connectivity issues? What would be the impact of all this down the road both in development and cooperation between such large cities?

I look foward to hearing what has to be said.
 
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