Has a Democrat ever won a NY statewide race through NYC alone?

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Albany County is the most Democratic County in NY State outside of NYC.  Erie County (Buffalo) has a suburban vote that has caused the county to go Republican at times, but the only Democrat running statewide that I can think of that lost Albany County was George McGovern in 1972.  And Nixon got only 54% of the vote; the fifth best McGovern county in NY State in 1972.

Whereas Buffalo had lackluster Democratic leadership (save for Joe Crangle, Erie County Democratic Leader from 1965-1988 (State Chair from 1971-1974), Albany County had the last great urban political machine with Dan O'Connell as Albany County Democratic Chair and Erastus Corning II as Mayor.  Uncle Dan died in 1977, but Mayor Corning took over running the party until his death in 1983.

The more Republican areas of NY's Capital District are in surrounding counties.  Rensaeleer County (Troy) and Schenectady County (Schenectady) are more Republican than Albany County, then and now.  Albany does not have the Republican suburbs that Buffalo has.  It's a one-party county, period.