In the meantime, I decided to download the Verge Electrum wallet and set it up. But, the damn thing just won't connect! I was hoping it would be the final resting place for my XVG, but now I'm having second thoughts. I may just keep it on Binance until I decide to sell it. Sucks, I know, but I have no other option at this point (Except a 'paper' wallet, but that can get complicated. I'm a casual crypto user, not a computer scientist).
Sounds like a whole lot of problems only people buying altcoins go through. I have never had a problem with Bitcoin and that for years straight now. Maybe a good time to reevaluate your altcoin holdings? Most of the altcoin do somewhat ok in terms of development when the price is booming, but near completely abandoned by the developers during bear markets. I wouldn't want to expose myself to that at all.
I think that Bittrex could have handled this a lot better. They know that people are going to seek to withdraw funds in this period due to their services closing permanently to an area, so they could have at least set up some sort of announcement or manual way of withdrawing for NY residents. I do wonder what would happen if the date passes and you still couldn't get your coins out, since that's technically their fault.
Maybe, but NY has always been a problematic state for exchanges, which I expect people from NY to have paid closer attention to, and based on that not leave any funds on an exchange (which you shouldn't do regardless of your state). 
