New York real estate help

[Enrique P.]

Hi all - I'm originally from North NJ, have been working and living in San Francisco for the past 3 years. My wife and I are both 30 and work in tech - we've seen falling prices in New York due to COVID, we're casually looking and considering moving back east. It would be our first home, and we're especially interested in Manhattan (Hell's Kitchen, Midtown, anywhere downtown), and Brooklyn (Williamsburg). It's a bit difficult to get our finger on the pulse from the west coast - is the "ny exodus" overblown? Can anyone point me toward resources about the area?