| 100% | PLAZAHOTEL | 10 | New York City setting of the "Eloise" books |
| 59% | ELMIRA | 6 | Upstate New York city south of the Finger Lakes |
| 58% | ESSAYS | 6 | Features of The New York Review of Books |
| 58% | ESSAY | 5 | Feature of The New York Review of Books |
| 58% | BROOKLYN | 8 | New York City borough that is the birthplace of Vinny Testaverde |
| 58% | THEJEFFERSONS | 13 | Sitcom set in New York city that was a spin-off of "All in the Family" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | BROOKLYN | 8 | New York City borough that produced all three of the rappers in this puzzle |
| 55% | FIRE | 4 | New York City ___ Department, rivals of the NYPD in the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" |
| 55% | KINGSTON | 8 | New York's first capital city... or the capital city of Jamaica |
| 53% | BRONX | 5 | The —, borough of New York City |
| 51% | BROOKLYN | 8 | The most populous borough of New York City |
| 51% | BRONX | 5 | The —, northernmost borough of New York City |
| 50% | ONEONTA | 7 | New York city on the Susquehanna |
| 50% | UTICA | 5 | New York city on the Mohawk |
| 50% | OLEAN | 5 | New York city on the Allegheny |
| 50% | ELMIRA | 6 | New York city west of Binghamton |
| 50% | ELMIRA | 6 | New York city SW of Syracuse |
| 50% | KATZ | 4 | Eponym of the New York City deli featured in "When Harry Met Sally ..." |
| 49% | STATENISLANDER | 14 | Denizen of the least populous New York City borough |
| 49% | UTICA | 5 | City in the state of New York |
| 49% | OLEAN | 5 | New York city near the Pennsylvania border |
| 49% | UTICA | 5 | New York city in the Mohawk Valley |
| 49% | UTICA | 5 | New York city on the Mohawk River |
| 49% | BRONX | 5 | New York City borough north of Manhattan |
| 49% | TRALFAMADORE | 12 | Planet setting of the book |
| 49% | WEWORK | 6 | New York based coworking startup which crossed the $20 billion mark making it one of the city's highest-valued decacorns |
| 49% | GRACIE | 6 | Name on the mansion of New York City's mayor |
| 49% | MET | 3 | The ___s are on of New York Cities baseball teams |
| 49% | EST | 3 | New York City clock setting during winters: Abbr. |
| 48% | QUEENS | 6 | Largest of the five boroughs of New York City |