That’s a tricky question. New York was not an especially democratic or economically equal colony. There were fabulously wealthy and terribly poor people, and a small group had a lock on power, beginning with the royal governor, who was appointed by the King. But the colonies that were more economically equal were for the most part outside the “middle zone.” One could make a case for Pennsylvania, but the Penn family was too wealthy (and tax-free) for them to qualify. And all of the colonies had royal governors, so it’s really the lower levels of governmnet one has to look at, and New York’s was democratically elected from a fairly broad base.

So while one could argue about this a great deal, I’d give a qualified “True” to your question.