Why is my New York state Resident credit negative money?

More clarification is needed to answer this question - Are you seeing this on your IT-201, Line 41? If you had income from sources outside of  New York State and pay income tax to another state, a local government of another state, the District of Columbia, or to a province of Canada, you should see a positive amount on Line 41. 

In addition, do you have Form IT-112-R, New York State Resident Credit, and, if applicable, Form IT‑112‑C, New York State Resident Credit for Taxes Paid to a Province of Canada, on your return? 

If you are not seeing this negative number on the forms and lines above, then where are you seeing this negative amount?