Here is a workaround developed by another user in the Community. It will increase your tax slightly but still let you e-file - reporting things exactly prevents e-filing.
So try this:
1. In NJ "Other Non-Wage Income", keep the 1099-MISC NY PFL amount as is.
2. At the same time, in "Summary of Taxes Paid to Other States" do claim credit for NY PFL by leaving the total NY Amount as is. No action needed here as the total NY amount automatically carries over from your NY non-resident form.
In other words, you are letting NJ tax you for NY PFL but you are also claiming credit for it, which pretty much evens things out.
The other way to do it would have you adding a negative number as an adjustment to cancel out the PFL in NJ; however, other users have reported that this negative number on the NJ return prevents e-filing.
Take a look at this discussion (make sure to go all the way to the end).
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