What has that got to do with the price of tea in China? He will probably lose it again in 2024. Any GOP candidate will.
But New York is not significant anymore in the General Election. Same as California. They are Deep Blue and a GOP candidate shouldn't even campaign there. You go where the votes are and swing states.
California and New York are so toxic now that any candidate who warms against their state becomming like them automatically gets a nice bump in the polls.
The loudest cheers down here are "Don't New York My Florida"