@DanielV01 thank you for your help! I'm using the desktop software, and I was able to create a joint NY return where I had full-time NYC residence but my spouse only had part-time NYC residence to avoid the extra NYC local tax. However, you were right in trying out different filing options as filing separate for NY was actually better for us.
You mentioned that it is necessary to mail in some of the returns namely my spouse's since I'm the primary taxpayer on the return which seems to imply that I can efile my NY return. Since my MFJ federal return is on one tax file and we each have our own state returns on separate tax files, is it still possible to efile my NY MFS return?
