By NY, are you referring to New York State or New York City? That can dramatically change the answers in the thread.
As for where to live, it really depends on how much you can afford per month. Sorry if my assumptions are wrong, but I'll go ahead and assume that you can't afford to live in Manhattan itself. I'll also assume that you would much, much prefer to not live with roommates.
If that's the case, I'd suggest looking into Brooklyn/Williamsburg. The area is not the cheapest you can get but depending on where you go exactly, it can actually be pretty nice. If you get an apartment near a subway station, you also have easy access to Manhattan/NYC.
Also, I'd forget the notion of a house, unless you want to have a couple of roommates...
Let us know more about your financials and maybe neighborhood preferences (have you ever visited NYC before/) and I'm sure other users can give you suggestions as well.
Either way, good luck on the move! Consider me jealous!
Sorry for the lack of information.
I mean the state, it can even be close to NJ or in NJ close to NY border. I don't wanna share a house or a room unless it turns to be extremely necessary. I'm thinking about spending U$1500 monthly with living costs since I'll keep my Brazilian paycheck what is very short compared to USA. About neighborhood I cant chose since I don't know very much about the place, I've been to NY once for 15 days and I was with a couple of friends but we didn't have the time to look for places to live, this friends live in a good house in Suffern area, but things there are just to expensive to afford. So, the kinda neighborhood I want is the kind where my wife can go to her school alone without risks.
Hey man, don't be jealous, where are you from? I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and I don't like here, I thing it's a matter of places where we were born. There are many people wishing to come here and I'm wishing to leave
So, I think we might be at the same page here, isn't it?
Thnaks
*EDIT Oh, I forgot about the electricity bill, as a miner, it matters a lot
How much is the KW/h in NY State?