I recently opened an LLC in NYC for $200 and took me less than an hour. All I did is to follow the (free) instructions here (https://www.llcuniversity.com/new-york-llc/), was super simple and worth it.
Opening a business account took me less than an hour and nowadays you can do it online.
The New York State fee by itself is $200. Unless I'm missing something, you paid significantly more than that for the publication requirement (it was around $1,000, give or take a couple hundred, last I checked).