Depending on what part of New York it looks about the same only a tad higher:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brx/abo/449914607.html http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/abo/449902661.html However some are much much higher. I do have a friend who lives in Manhatten (which is a nice section of town) and she pays $1800 a month for a studio that is about 600sq ft.
