Well, I guess the biggest thing for me is how NY is a leader in financial, and therefore crypto, regulation. Other jurisdictions either whitelable NY solutions or just change a few things.
I recall when covering the Canadian Senate working group on crypto that they travelled to NY to study BitLicense which was just being released at that time.
By studying NY's approach and the extended consequences we can get a glimpse at the not so distant future when similar solutions are adopted more widespread.