I did indeed apply to cultural anthro at cuny and I saw poll or something that said that cuny anthro had the best "quality of life" environments which I thought was encouraging.
I actually got more response from some of the professors at the other NYC schools I applied to, but who knows, I haven't heard anything from anyone yet in terms of admissions.
That said, I do like to be cozy, and cuny sounds kind of cozy.
From the results board it looks like every other department has opened the floodgates of rejection. I'm not sure Columbia is admitting anyone to anything this year...