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New York minute 

A very brief period of time, presumably considerably less than an Omaha minute.
New York minute by LudwigVan December 6, 2003

New York Minute 

A very fast minute. You use this saying when you'll be back, or have something done, really quick.
"I'll have the cookies here in a New York minute!"
New York Minute by Plaid December 15, 2003

New York minute 

Really fast, lickety-split; just ask me and I'll jump on it.
I can whip up some martinis in a New York minute.
New York minute by octopod December 6, 2003

New York Minute 

Traditionally it has meant in the blink of an eye.

But after 9/11, due to the large air play of the song New York Minute (by Don Henley, and covered by the Eagles) it has taken on the further connotation of "A Blink Of an Eye that Changes Everything." Cataclysmic.
A sudden accident that takes a life. Any senseless violence, or of course the 9/11 attacks themselves. But it can be a good event too. When New York legalized Gay Marriage, the media reported the event as a New York Minute - the signing of that bill would change the state forever.

New York minute 

A very short period of time. So named because New York is a busy city where people are in such a rush that a minute seems to pass in less than sixty seconds.
When the most attractive girl in school asked me if I wanted to have sex with her, I thought about it for a New York minute before saying "yes".
New York minute by Whiskey Zulu December 7, 2003

new york minute 

Very quick amount of time...noted by NYC's fast pace
When the J-Lo song came on the radio, he turned the station in a New York Minute
new york minute by BFG December 6, 2003