NYC is an abbreviation for the City of New York, a small collection of islands, with one piece on the mainland itself, of approximately 468.5 square miles.Well I don't live in NYC, so yes. Just have to be careful about the alge blooms.
NYS is abbreviation for the State of New York, one of the original 13 colonies (or states) that formed the United States. It is approximately 54,556 square miles.
Approximately 2826http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_york#cite_note-area-3 square miles of Long Island adjacent (but distinctly separate) to NYC are surrounded by salt (ocean and sound) and at least in the past had very productive oyster and clam beds.