Where you're from generally makes no difference to getting a green card, unless you're trying to get it through the green card lottery, in which case certain countries are disqualified. But if you're doing it through employment, you need to fit into one of the preference categories (https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-eligibility/gree...).

I live in the mid-west. Most of what I said in my previous comment is probably not very applicable to NYC though!