If you could get it to grow, because NYC gets below zero.
http://www.bamboogarden.com/Phyllostachys%20aurea.htm. How I long for the days not to live there. Think you might try to find something a bit hardier. It's a good idea though.

Here is a link that might be useful: Propagating Perennials

"How I long for the days not to live there." What exactly does this mean anyway?! Below zero--once in a blue moon--big deal. Sorry to disagree buy NYC is mild enough for any number of species of bamboo(NYC, by the way, is a solid zone 7--NOT 6). I am just north of NYC (in NJ)and have grown all variety of Phyllostachys (aureus, nigra, nidularium, viridis and vivax and other genera). They all wanted to form a monogenetic bamboo grove and do not suffer winter burn PERIOD. If yours do, you're doing something wrong. The rare zero temps simply do not kill Phyllostachys aureus (though at times I WISH IT DID)! I have been growing bamboo for over a decade. NOT that I necessarily recommend them. Yes, they ARE aggressive!! You must be prepared to rhizome prune annually unless you want them to take over the planet. I'm not sure about their impact on structures like buildings. Personally, I would keep them away from neigbors, buildings, and property lines. But they are certainly "hardy" (in every sense of the word)!

"Over a decade", of course, does not establish long-term hardiness - unless the coldest winter in 30 or 100 years occurs during that decade.

I agree, but all the species I mentioned in my posting ARE in fact perfectly hardy in a solid zone 7. All zones are established on the basis of average minimums--not once in 100 or once in a 1000 year minimums.