I stayed at New York New York for a weekend while in Vegas. When I checked in I asked for a good room and was not disappointed. The very nice check in clerk set me up with a corner room which provided views almost 180 degrees around. Awesome.
After we checked in our bathroom sink was clogged and not working. We went back to the front desk to tell them and no less than 2 hours later it was unclogged and working. No big deal, and they fixed in quickly.
I love the restaurants at NY NY and the casino area. There is easy access to other casinos with the bridges.
The pool however is not so great, I have seen larger pools at airport hotels. Tip if you get a lower floor you might have to deal with the sound of the roller coaster, which I heard complaints about. So when you check in ask to be put away from the roller coasters.
Another reason why NY NY didn't get 5 stars is that the elevators are slow and there are only two of them to get to some of the rooms. So had to wait sometimes up to 5 minutes just to get upstairs.
But overall this is a great place to stay for not alot of money. Employees are nice, the rooms are nice, the casino is nice so this place is all around nice.