This has more character development and a little more darker. Than the brighter colors of Miami and the humor of the original in Las Vegas.Plus it comes off with better actors and actress and great writing with Gary Sinese as a better actor. And a better ensemble cast. As they get into the characters that you forget that they are actors for an hour.It is set in NY. And that they are living in a post 9/11 world. Due to the fact that the lead character, Mac Taylor's wife, that is Sinese's role died in the attacks.That is one of the reasons for the darker tone due to post 9/11. But nonetheless the cases are more grittier but the dry humor is there for them to ease the pain of living there post 9/11.If LV is the original, Miami is the soul, then NY is the heart of the show.

Excellent cast, very good directing and well written. Like most detective shows, not only is there a weekly story…but one is always dragged into the ever-obvious undertow of the 'soap-type' REAL story. Eh – I am too old and my attention span really sucks to have any interest in some sneaky ongoing tale. You know the ones I am talking about. You are watching a really, really good show – OK? And of course you think this is the last scene of the last show of the season. It has to be…everyone is chuckling and slapping each other on the back yelling, 'good job', or 'nice shot', or 'you deserve a raise.' Of course we fade to the last commercial – oh wait – it is not the last commercial. The show is still on and then Kate gets shot right between the eyes…worst thing that ever happened in a show. OOPS…wrong show. I have a hard time getting over that scene…broke my heart. Sorry about such a terrible digression, and amazingly, this has nothing to do with CSI New York. I liked this show the first time I saw it. I immediately became a true-blue fan. Mix some Gary Sinise with a dab of NY and a splash of a super cast…all supported superbly by excellent directing and super writing…how can you go wrong?

CSI - New York has jumped the shark. Like some other reviewers, I have some LE experience which I have to suspend in order to just relax & enjoy the show -- something I've been able to do for the past several years.But the plots are becoming more & more insulting to the viewers over the past year or so. I don't know if the original writers are getting burned-out, getting senile, or what, but the programs are really starting to insult the intelligence of the viewers & I'm considering removing the show from my Tivo record list.This season's finale was part of an ongoing plot in which the sole protagonist is a psychopath in his 20s or 30s seeking revenge on one of the CSIs. The writing team has given this guy 9 lives, thanks to superhuman physical & intellectual powers & dumb NYPD cops falling for old tricks, and of course the brilliant CSI primary actors being hot on his trail.He fell off a 100+' tall lighthouse onto a rugged, rocky shoreline with waves breaking at night & his body was not recovered. Then in what must have just been a day or two later there he is back in NYC at the apartment of the CSI officer he hates, holding a gun to his head.Several prior episodes featuring this bad guy had similar activity.The one other recent episode that blatantly insults everyone's intelligence had the plot lines of a bad-guy living in an apartment directly across from Mac Taylor's examining his poison gas agent right in front of his picture window, no more than 20' away from Taylor's picture window. The bad guy didn't think of closing his blinds/curtains, and Taylor happened to be home, recovering from a fall (one that would have permanently disabled a real human) & observed the activity. To complicate the plot even more, one of Mac's old love interests (the one with the pattering eyes & looks like she's has plastic surgery) just happens to show up at the bad-guy's place.This show is becoming a cartoon, and I'm tired of it. I don't watch CSI Miami (the hot chicks can't overcome my dislike for David Caruso's acting) & haven't noticed the same level of inane plot-lines with CSI Las Vegas yet.

Who would love to see a show like this that does great location work, done in probably our most gorgeous city, Chicago? The opening credits would show the skyline, the city has a great history of crime, and it is one of the most beautiful architecturally, as far as modern cities with a bit of history go. Sure we have had "Chicago Hope" and "E.R." but those shows rarely need actual location shooting due to the nature of their content. We certainly have the talented people, technology and experience with the aid of the original producers of the first "CSI" to pull this off. So come on everybody, especially fellow Chicagoans, lets see if we can make this happen. Respond to this message, they check these things!!!