Outside of California, no state matters more to the entertainment business than New York .

After all, the industry was arguably born in the region — Manhattan is where Thomas Edison held the first public screening of his Kinetoscope and Westchester County was an early hub of silent film and a movie star getaway. In the century since, New York has proven an irreplicably cinegenic backdrop. (Apologies to Sydney and Toronto, but there is simply no substitute.) It’s also a second home to countless celebrities who enjoy the luxury of changing seasons.

And of course it’s where so many film and television productions currently shoot — now even more than California.

So what kind of leadership will Hollywood East see after Tuesday’s elections ?…