Simple solution

Let's look at the Minecraft Wiki page on target selector arguments.

Position arguments

 [x=<value>,y=<value>,z=<value>] Define a position in the world the selector starts at, for use with the distance argument or the volume arguments, dx, dy and dz. Defining the position alone can be used with a target selector that selects the nearest entity from those coordinates, but it otherwise has no use, so applying it (and only it) to @e still selects all entities in the same dimension.

Therefore, you cannot use the position arguments x, y, and z on their own, and it is impossible to select targets on a certain Y level anywhere in the world. You need to give additional information to the target selector.

The most basic way is by using the distance argument. This will detect targets within certain distances of the specified position. Here are some examples:

• @p[x=11,y=22,z=33,distance=5]: Select targets exactly 5 blocks from coordinates (11, 22, 33).
• @p[x=11,y=22,z=33,distance=3..6]: Select targets between 3 and 6 blocks from coordinates (11, 22, 33).

You can either use that, or use the volume arguments, dx, dy, and dz. They're a bit to complicated to explain, and the Minecraft Wiki explains them far better than I can ever answer here. Visit the link above for more information.