New York reminds me of California, where I lived for 15 years, back in the 70s and 80s. The state is mostly red, except for a few concentrated liberal infestations ( L.A, the Bay Area and Sacratomato ) that poison the state. Same deal with New York and N.Y.City.
Now, I am living in Illinois. Same thing. Carve Chicago out from the rest of the state, float it out into lake Michigan and sink it, and you have a very red state.
And somebody tell Illinois to stop calling itself "The land of Lincoln" Lincoln never set foot in Illinois until he was a grown man in his early twenties. He was born in Kentucky and grew up in Indiana.