Well yeah, what did they expect? New York is known for it's taxes.
Although it does beg the question: or what? If yo don't live, or go to, New York and have no intention to return what happens if you decline to pay? Do they have some sort of interstate extradition compact? Can they put a lien on your federal taxes?
Maybe not on your feral taxes, but there are a lot of "compacts" between states. Example: A few years ago, 2014, I was denied a renewal of my Oklahoma driver's license because TWENTY-FIVE YEARS PRIOR, in 1989, I left Massachusetts with my vehicle, and registered it here. Naturally, I didn't renew my Massachusetts vehicle registration that year and Massachusetts deemed it was just "overlooked" and therefore, overdue. I paid the stupid fee($125.00) as it was cheaper than fighting it.
I had to call the Massachusetts DMV to secure the documents necessary to get a release and I raised the question about any statute of limitations that might apply, and it seems there is no statute of limitations in this "compact". I also discovered that this "compact" was passed/approved by the US Congress. So, I guess not paying a fee is as dastardly as committing murder since there is no statute of limitations on either.
Woody