This idea plays to a lot of different notions. In its more literal sense, it comes from a Billy Joel song with the same title, where he expresses his pride in being back in NY after having been away from the city for a period of time. read more
Resilent enough to overcome all odds, this can be heard in many songs relating to the state such as NAS ,”new york state of mind" and Jay-Z’s song of ,”Empire State of mind". It can be assumed to be ,”In an a New York state of mind" mean’s to be unbreakable, and resilient ahainst all odds. read more