They ain’t EVEN Rockefeller Republicans.
Trust me, I was born raised and lived in Fun City for 57 years. They just have the R hung after their names. The only group that would consider them ANY kind of Republican is the NY GOP!.....well maybe the WV GOP also.
I too was born and raised in the Big Apple. I left when the city went bankrupt. Rockefeller Republican always meant liberal Republican, like John Lindsey, Jacob Javits and of course, Nelsen Rockefeller. Today, maybe RINO is a more appropriate term to use. ;^)