Everything adapts
Yes. But few compared to the coy-wolves.
people often mistake them for coyotes.
The critter most often referred to as a coyote in this part of the world is actually a crossbreed. It is bigger than the true coyote of out-west fame and is a mix of coyote, wolf, and dog. The coloration of the coy-wolves varies from reddish to the grayish of the timberwolf. Some have made a distinction between the two general colorations by naming the more reddish version an Eastern Coyote and the grayish version a Coy-wolf although that is not universal. I have seen both colorations wander through the property. Whether they are from a common pack or not is unknown.
"One of the biggest issues that people have with the Eastern Coyote and Gray Wolves is that a large Eastern Coyote looks almost identical to a Gray Wolf. Many believe that large coyotes are actually Gray Wolves. DNA analysis has now shown that hybridization has occurred between coyotes and gray wolves." (Source)
As to the term 'upstate NY'.. If you are a New Yorker and live up north of Albany then you know what real upstate NY is, and there you could possibly find a real wolf. Down in the southern climates of NY closer to 'The City' the term 'upstate' refers to any part of NY that is not named Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Long Island, or Westchester. To the City version of upstaters, the only critter they have ever seen is the coy-wolf version..
My great-aunt had a nephew who lived in Bronxville which she called “upstate.” Bronxville is in the southern part of Westchester County.
Saratoga county, Washington county, Adirondacks - that's where I am
Everything adapts