Absolutley fantastic experience!
Jose and his wife indeed make you feel like you're "home away form home". They were always there for any of my questions, were very helpful and nice and it was a real pleasure to communicate with them.
The apartment is exactly as exposed on the photos, even better! It has everything you could possibly need for a comfortable stay.
The location is also nice - even though the closest subway station is a ~15 minutes walk - that's not a problem, since the neighborhood is very calm and it felt safe to have a walk from the subway even at night. There's a good plaza near the apartment with a nice grocery store, which is great.
Overall review - definitely would highly recommend to stay at Jose's place and would most likely stay myself the next visit to NYC.