Jay6, you are wrong about that. A NY resident working in CT *can* get paid the CT PFL benefit. I know this for sure because my wife received it last year. Thus, NY residents cannot be exempt from the CT PFL premiums.
What I was wondering was whether the premiums can be taken as a income tax credit for taxes paid to another state on my NY return. We have one opinion in this thread that they cannot be, because it is an insurance benefit. However, I'm not sure that I agree. As the CT Paid Leave website states, "employee contributions to Paid Family and Medical Leave programs in other states as state income taxes for federal income tax purposes. As such, the contributions are deductible on federal income tax returns as state income taxes."
https://ctpaidleave.org/s/article/Are-deductions-from-employees-paid-to-the-CT-Paid-Leave-Authority-...
This text doesn't mention anything about their deductibility on other state tax returns, but in this context, it seems reasonable to me that they should be.
It would be interesting to hear other opinions about this.
