I am married filing separately: both of us are using itemized deduction on federal. Can we take standard deduction for New York State?

This is what NY State rules say:

'If you are married and filing separate returns (filing status ?), both of you must take the standard deduction unless both of you itemized deductions on your federal returns and both of you elect to itemize deductions on your New York returns."

I can't quite figure out what this means.