Of course it is. Where else do you see men holding hands with no even staring at them? You don't see that in Vermont!
NYC and southern Connecticut are very liberal.
You've never been to upstate NY have you?
Why would I (no offense of course)? Also to say that the state of New York is not liberal when the majority of the population lives in an extremely liberal city is just wrong.
unempprof has a point, that's like not classifying Texas as economic conservative because of the Latino population, which no one is doing.