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New York attitude 

A staightforward, candid way of perceiving and communicating: friendly, {gregarious}, helpful, possibly in a hurry. Bullshit filters develop as a New Yorker matures, protection against the overwhelming, {ubiquitous} flood of endless words and images. Some N.Y. responses may sound {brusque} but it's a means of budgeting time. Being expedient.
The pedestrian and traffic patterns are as schooling fish; no one stays in a traffic lane and everyone moves at their own pace. New Yorkers are within reach of the best restaurants, finest museums and richest cultural activites, and they know that most out-of-towners are not. They're perceived as being cocky know-it-alls, people with a New York Attitude.

A secondary meaning is, it's used as code for Jewish culture, "behavior" "imtellect" and whatever other {stereotype} with which they choose to refer to one-quarter of New York City's population
Those rich Rosenbergs who just moved to town and opened the deli are wise asses who think they know everything - they sure have a New York attitude!
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New York Style Pizza 

Large flat thin crust pizza. This pizza is usually served in large triangular slices, and is sometimes eaten by folding the slice in half. SBarro is considered New York style pizza.
Chicago style pizza is ok, but New York Style Pizza RULES!

New York method 

The application of brute force to make an object budge or to pry it out of a tight container.
The ciecuit board got jammed in the grill from the air conditioner. Get the pliers, Mark. I think we'll need to use the New York method to get that sucker out!
New York method by pentozali December 28, 2005

New York Exchange 

The Godly Sex Manuever that trumps all. (Especially Russian Chili dogs and Manhattan Transfers.) Also, too graphic for words. Only Experience.
John and Jordan attempted the New York Exchange last night. They sucked.
New York Exchange by sara =] February 12, 2009

new york giants 

The Winners of Super Bowl XLII, the forty second Super Bowl.

They went against the odds, and beat the most hated team in the NFL, The Patriots.

NEW YORK GIANTS WON SUPER BOWL XLII, OH MY!!!!!!!!
Tom Brady is just like Britney Spears. They should both be thrown out of America.

NEW YORK GIANTS beat the Patriots...
new york giants by metallkidd93 January 28, 2008

New York Knicks 

2 time NBA champs; used to have great players like Reed/Frazier/Ewing; made the playoffs 12 straight years until they started 2 suck a few years ago
The Knicks used to always sell out. Now they don't have any fans.
New York Knicks by 0000 October 20, 2003

New York pause

In traffic control, the brief interval when a traffic light shows a red (for "stop") in all directions.

Until the 1970s, most traffic lights would switch red-to-green at the same instant that the other direction went yellow-to-red. Because accidents would sometimes occur at that transition, New York City innovated a phase, usually about three to five seconds, of all-red lights, so the intersection would be completely clear before actuating the green ("go") signal. The "New York pause" has become widespread across the U.S.
The New York pause came to Michigan traffic lights by 1990.

Because drivers are so impatient, we ended up with the New York pause.