Its a stupid story, and its silly to see it posted at least a half-dozen times here on FR. The law in NY is what it is, Andrew Cuomo has no power to override it, and its almost impossible for NY to enforce it anyway.
NYS has plenty of power to enforce it. Last I knew NYS audits non-residents pretty rigorously.
Then, Cuomo is even bigger fool because his comments made it sound like he could.