code: def plot_state_to_ax(state, ax):
      
      gplt.choropleth(tickets.set_index('id').loc[:, [state, 'geometry']],
                      hue=state,
                      projection=gcrs.AlbersEqualArea(), cmap='Blues',
                      linewidth=0.0, ax=ax)
      gplt.polyplot(boroughs, projection=gcrs.AlbersEqualArea(), edgecolor='black', linewidth=0.5, ax=ax)
docs: Reusable plotting wrapper.