Are we down to Leathermans and scissors in NYC? Or maybe New Yorkers will all have to switch over to a chef's knife for a cutting tool in their EDC?

As for a defensive tool, even pepper spray is monitored closely in New York State. You can buy pepper spray only from certain places, and they are few and hard to find. The paperwork is nothing, and ineffective in preventing people from committing crime with pepper spray.

Phaedrus, if you end up in NYC for money -- say, you're the CEO of Goldman -- then you'll just do what other people in such position do: live in Westchester, Connecticut, or NJ. I don't know what sort of toys you have, but I think in NYS the ARs need to be California-style.